Legal Opinion
State v. Hazard
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided May 16, 2002No. 99-127-C.APublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.
In this appeal, the defendant, Derick Hazard (Hazard), asks this Court to set aside his 1998 murder, conspiracy, and assault convictions and order a new trial so that he may reassert his alibi defense that he could not have committed the crimes because he was allegedly in Ohio at the time of the murder.
This case presents a unique opportunity for this Court to briefly compare the role of the trial and appellate tribunals to the very different evaluation that may be engaged in by the media. In a somewhat unusual turn of events, after Hazard’s first trial, a…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Springer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- State v. BanachSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
- State v. GomesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1997
- State v. GordonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
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3Cited by29 opinions
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