State v. Alfred Bishop

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

Before this Court is an appeal from a judgment of conviction adjudicating the defendant Alfred Bishop guilty of (1) first-degree murder, pursuant to G.L.1956 § 11-23-1; (2) burglary, pursuant to G.L. 1956 § 11-8-1; (3) three counts of using a firearm while committing a crime of violence, pursuant to G.L.1956 § 11-47-3.2; and (4) two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, pursuant to G.L.1956 § 11-5-2. In May 2009, he was sentenced to life without parole on the murder conviction, and he was sentenced to significant further incarceration on the other…