Legal Opinion
State v. Hockenhull
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided May 27, 1987No. 85-531-C.APublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Justice.
This case comes before us on appeal by the defendant, Charles Hockenhull, from a conviction of second-degree murder entered in the Superior Court after a jury trial. We reverse. The facts relevant to this appeal are as follows.
On November 8, 1984, at approximately 10:20 p.m., Joseph Rabuano was watching television with his girlfriend at his home on 31 West Street, apartment 4, West Warwick, when he heard a loud noise from apartment 5 next door. Rabuano’s girlfriend turned the television down, and they heard a male and a female voice. The female voice cried out,…
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