Legal Opinion
State v. Sosa
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 22, 2003No. 2001-184-C.APublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOLDBERG, Justice.
In this appeal, the defendant, Francisco Sosa (defendant or Sosa), asks this Court to set aside his first-degree murder conviction and remand this case for a new trial. Sosa alleges that the trial justice made erroneous evidentiary rulings, mistakenly refused to instruct the jury on the offense of second-degree murder, permitted a constitutionally infirm jury panel, and erroneously denied his motion for a new trial.
Facts and Travel
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