State v. HUY

OPINION

Justice GOLDBERG,

for the Court.

This case came before the Supreme Court on September 23, 2008, on appeal by the defendant, Sengly Huy (Huy or defendant), from a Superior Court judgment of conviction stemming from a police officer’s discovery of a firearm in the trunk of the defendant’s vehicle. After the defendant’s motion to suppress the incriminating pistol was denied by the trial justice, the defendant waived his right to a jury trial and the parties filed an agreed stipulation of facts. Based on these stipulated facts, the trial justice found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable…