State v. Gillespie

OPINION

Chief Justice WILLIAMS, for the Court.

The defendant, Clyde Gillespie (defendant), appeals his convictions for second-degree murder and for failing to report a death with the intention of concealing a crime. He alleges that the trial justice erred in: (1) instructing the jury that premeditation is not an element of second-degree murder; (2) instructing the jury on second-degree murder where, as the defendant contends, such a charge was not supported by the evidence; and (3) excluding evidence of the prior conviction of a state’s witness. For the reasons hereinafter set forth, we affirm…