State v. Rivera

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on the defendant’s appeal from his conviction of murder in the first degree, for which he received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. We affirm.

The defendant, Edwin Rivera, was charged by criminal indictment No. P1/91-2942A on one count of first-degree murder. He was convicted after a jury trial and moved for a new trial. The motion for new trial was denied, and defendant then filed this appeal.

The defendant first asserts that the trial court erroneously admitted an unduly inflammatory photograph of the victim. He also…