Legal Opinion

State v. Mercado

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided December 3, 1993No. 92-65-C.APublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Judge.

This case comes before us on the appeal of the defendant, Rafael Mercado, from a judgment of conviction of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver entered in the Superior Court after a trial by jury. We affirm the conviction. The facts pertinent to the defendant’s appeal are as follows.

On September 13, 1988, at approximately 3:25 p.m., Trooper John Blessing observed a light-brown Oldsmobile, which appeared to be speeding, traveling on Route 95 North with two occupants. Clocking the vehicle at sixty miles per hour on his radar gun, Trooper Blessing…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Ybarra v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. State v. CaruoloSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987
  3. State v. HenshawSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1989
  4. State v. DameSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1989
  5. United States v. Marcelino Efrain Alvarez, Jose Delgado Ramirez, Juan Ramon Mosquero-Herrera, Juan Ramon GomezCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. State v. LynchSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2004
  2. State v. TempestSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1995
  3. State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2009
  4. State v. OliveiraSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
  5. State v. SnowSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996

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