MacHado v. State

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Robert L. Machado was convicted following a jury trial of attempted murder, arson in the first degree, criminal possession of explosives, and assault in the first degree. These convictions arose from an incident in which Machado and others attempted to kill Andrew Twogood with a car bomb. The jury also convicted Machado of two counts of perjury for false testimony which he gave as a witness at a hearing where the state used his testimony to obtain a search warrant. Superior Court Judge Karl S. Johnstone sentenced Machado to a composite sentence totalling forty-eight years…