Legal Opinion
State v. Torres
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 10, 2002No. 2001-220-C.APublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOURCIER, Justice.
In the early morning hours of May 11, 1993, Amalie Santiago (Amalie) was shot in the head and left for dead in her apartment. Her three children, Liana Torres, aged six, Angelica Torres, aged five, and Julio Torres, Jr., aged four, were alone with their mother at the time. Fortunately, Amalie was rescued and survived her subsequent month-long coma; however, upon coming out of the coma, she was completely and permanently blind in both eyes.
On February 12, 2001, a Providence Superior Court jury convicted Julio Torres (Torres or the defendant) on the one count in the…
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