Legal Opinion
State v. Guzman
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 21, 2000No. 98-96-C.APublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
After watching a gunman flee on foot from the crime scene, an eyewitness to a fatal shooting called 911, described the shooter to the police, and specified the direction that he was running when last observed. More particularly, he also told the police that the fugitive was a black man wearing a red baseball cap and a hooded black jacket, a description which the police then broadcast to officers in the field and to those coming on duty. Twenty minutes later, within twelve blocks of the murder site, a police officer spotted a male suspect whose appearance matched the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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