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State v. Pacheco

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided August 30, 1984No. 83-254-C.APublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

These cases come before us on appeal by two defendants, Manuel “Joe” Pacheco (Pacheco) and William Webster (Webster), from their convictions of murder and manslaughter respectively. Following a joint-jury trial in the Superior Court, a judgment of conviction for murder in the first degree was entered against Pacheco. On July 1, 1982, he was sentenced to life imprisonment as mandated by G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-23-2. Webster was found guilty of manslaughter, for which the trial justice sentenced him on August 16, 1982, to a term of twenty years, with fifteen…

2Cases cited68 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  5. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. State v. MariniSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
  2. State v. GomezSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2004
  3. State v. GordonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
  4. State v. BryantSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
  5. State v. GrundySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990

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