Legal Opinion

State v. Harnois

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 28, 2004No. 2001-221-C.APublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

On November 3, 2000, the defendant, Ronald M. Harnois (Harnois), was convicted by a jury for the murders of Tammy Petrin (Petrin) and Jenner Villeda (Villeda) (counts 1 and 2), aiding and abetting the murders of Petrin and Ville-da (counts 3 and 4) and conspiring with Steven Wilson to murder Petrin (count 5). Thereafter, the Superior Court trial justice granted Harnois’s motion for judgment of acquittal on count 4. Harnois was sentenced to serve life imprisonment on each of the first three counts and a ten-year term of imprisonment on count 5. The sentence on…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. State v. OliveiraSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
  3. State v. PachecoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
  4. Bradford Associates v. Rhode Island Division of PurchasesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
  5. State v. BustamanteSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2000

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  3. Bolden v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2005
  4. State v. FelicianoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2006
  5. State v. MotykaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2006

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