State v. Luanglath

LEDERBERG, Justice.

OPINION

This case came before the Supreme Court on appeal from a judgment of conviction in which Soukky Luanglath (Soukky) and Sythongsay Luanglath (Sythongsay) (collectively, defendants), each was found guilty of one count of burglary and three counts of robbery. In their appeal, the defendants argued that although the trial justice determined that the victims’ private investigatory activities and discussions rendered their testimony unreliable, she failed to give effect to that finding when she denied the defendants’ motion for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict…