State v. Morejon

OPINION

PAY, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Juan Morejon, appeals from a Superior Court conviction whereby he was found guilty of robbery and possession of a kung fu weapon. The defendant was sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment for robbery and one year’s imprisonment for possession of a kung fu weapon, both sentences to be served consecutively. The defendant claims that the trial justice erred by (1) failing to find that the state’s noncompliance with G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-41-15 prejudiced and effectively denied the defendant the right to a fair trial, (2) allowing the defendant to…