State v. DePina

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

The defendants, Jorge DePina (DePina), Joao Monteiro (Monteiro), and Gildo Teix-eira (Teixeira), 1 have appealed the entry of judgments of conviction of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. They have raised several claims of error, including the trial justice’s cross-examination rulings' at the suppression hearing and at trial, defects in the jury instructions, and the denial of their motions to sever and for a new trial. We briefly summarize the facts and the procedural history of the case before addressing these issues. 2 We conclude by…