Legal Opinion

State v. Sabetta

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 10, 1996No. 95-67-C.APublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case comes before us on the appeal of the defendant, Robert Sabetta (defendant), from judgments of conviction following a jury trial on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of assault with intent to commit murder. The defendant was sentenced to consecutive life sentences on each count of murder, and he received a twenty-year sentence on the assault-to-commit-murder charge. We affirm. The facts of the case insofar as pertinent to this appeal are as follows.

On the evening of April 13, 1993, the murder victims in this ease, Prank Sherman, his brother,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. North Carolina v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. McNeil v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. State v. MariniSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
  5. State v. GomesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992

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3Cited by34 opinions

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  2. State v. RogersNebraska Supreme Court · 2009
  3. State v. OliveiraSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
  4. State v. ColeyTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  5. State v. CarterSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2000

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