Legal Opinion
State v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided September 1, 2005No. 2004-148-C.APublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBINSON, Justice.
A jury found defendant, David Gordon, guilty of first-degree arson, conspiracy, and insurance fraud in connection with a fire that destroyed the home of Lorraine L. Holman in Foster on June 5, 1996. 1 The trial justice denied the motion for a new trial. 2 On December 6, 2002, Gordon was sentenced to serve an eighty-year term of imprisonment on the first-degree arson conviction, forty years of which were to be suspended, with probation. He was also sentenced to serve concurrent sentences of ten years of imprisonment on the conspiracy conviction and one year of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- State v. MattatallSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
- State v. CoelhoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
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3Cited by17 opinions
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