Legal Opinion

State v. Brown

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 17, 1987No. 84-507-C.APublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PAY, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Charles Brown (Brown), appeals from a Superior Court jury conviction on a one-count indictment for the murder of Holly Boyd (Boyd). The jury found Brown guilty of second-degree murder in the slaying and he was sentenced to the Adult Correctional Institutions for thirty years. The court ordered him to serve the first twenty-five years of his sentence, it suspended the remaining five years and placed him on probation for five years to commence upon his release. We affirm the conviction but remand the case for resen-tencing.

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. CoelhoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
  2. Ruth Clark and Charles E. Bunker, and Cross-Appellants v. The City of Los Angeles, and Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  3. State v. ConcannonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
  4. State v. CollazoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
  5. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. State v. BeckhamSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
  2. State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1997
  3. State v. GirouardSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1989
  4. State v. ChowHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. State v. EstradaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1988

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