Legal Opinion

State v. Collazo

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 3, 1982No. 80-557-C.APublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Angel Luis Collazo, was indicted by a grand jury on October 26, 1979. The indictment charged him with the murder of Juan D. Perez on or about September 15,1979. The case was tried before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury which returned a verdict of guilty of second-degree murder against the defendant. The defendant’s appeal from the judgment is now before us.

The following evidence was adduced at trial. On September 15,1979, the Pawtuck-et police received a telephone call at 8:24 p. m. indicating that shots had been fired at the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. State v. RoddySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  3. State v. ManciniSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
  4. State v. ColangeloSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1935
  5. State v. McGranahanSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. State v. CaruoloSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987
  2. State v. LynchSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2004
  3. State v. MattatallSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
  4. State v. TempestSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1995
  5. State v. HenshawSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1989

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