State v. Morales

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

On August 30, 1990, a Providence County jury convicted the defendant, Raquel Morales, of murder in the second degree. On September 6, 1990, the trial justice denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial and on October 30, 1990 the trial justice sentenced the defendant to thirty-five years in prison of which twenty years were suspended and with a twenty year probationary period imposed. At trial, private counsel represented the defendant, and after the conviction the defendant believed that this private counsel would file an appeal to this court. Almost one year…