State v. Richardson

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

The defendant, James S. Richardson, appeals to this Court after he was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder and burglary. After the jury returned its verdict, the trial justice sentenced the defendant to a prison term of life without the possibility of parole. Before us, the defendant argues that his conviction should be vacated because the trial justice impermis-sibly allowed an expert witness called by the state to bolster the testimony of another of the state’s expert witnesses. He also argues that the trial justice erred when he denied his…