State v. Jose Lopez

OPINION

Justice Goldberg,

for the Court.

This case came before the Supreme Court on October 26, 2016, on appeal by the defendant, Jose Lopez (defendant or Lopez), from judgments of conviction entered in the Superior Court, following a jury trial. Lopez was convicted of murder in the first degree, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and conspiracy to commit murder. Lopez, who was a juvenile at the time of the murder, was acquitted of one count of carrying a firearm without a license. 1

Before this Court, Lopez contends that the trial justice erred by denying his motion for a new…