Legal Opinion
State v. Mattatall
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 21, 1992No. 89-307-C.APublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHEA, Justice.
This matter comes before the Supreme Court on the defendant’s appeal from a judgment of conviction of second-degree murder entered after a jury trial. We affirm.
The travel of this case is lengthy and notable. On the morning of September 24, 1982, John Scanlon (Scanlon) was found dead in the home of Stephen R. Mattatall (Mattatall) in Warwick, Rhode Island. Mattatall was later indicted on murder and weapons charges. A jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, and Mattatall was sentenced to a term of forty years’ imprisonment, ten years of which were suspended. The…
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