Legal Opinion
State v. Halstead
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided May 19, 1980No. 79-24-C.APublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DORIS, Justice.
The defendant, Robert J. Halstead, was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of murder in the first degree and of possessing a firearm. On appeal, he argues that the Superior Court lacked jurisdiction to try him, that the body of the victim should have been suppressed because the police lacked probable cause to arrest him, and that he was denied his right to counsel during a custodial interrogation. We find no substance to these arguments and affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.
On March 21, 1976, at 4:30 a. m., two officers of the Rahway, New Jersey police…
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