Legal Opinion
State v. Porraro
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 18, 1979No. 78-112-C.APublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoris, J.
In the early morning hours of October 4, 1975, while leaving the Gallery Lounge in Providence with his wife Deborah, Gary Charron was shot. Three months later he died from the wounds inflicted by the gunshot. The defendant, Donald Porraro, was apprehended and charged with the crime. After a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was found guilty of manslaughter and possession of a firearm after a previous conviction of a crime of violence. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was thereafter denied, and he was sentenced to 20 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions on the…
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