Legal Opinion
State v. Diaz
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 24, 1987No. 85-126-C.APublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Justice.
This case comes before us on appeal from a judgment of conviction for second-degree murder entered in the Superior Court. This case was previously tried, but the defendant’s conviction was set aside by reason of the fact that counsel for the state had failed to provide the defendant with complete discovery materials in accordance with the requirements of Rule 16 of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure. We affirm the second conviction. The facts of the case insofar as pertinent to this opinion are as follows.
The defendant, Rafael Diaz (Diaz) then a young…
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