Legal Opinion
State v. Perez
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 26, 2005No. 2002-241-C.APublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBINSON, Justice.
A jury found defendant Victor Perez guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of his mother, Rosa Perez. 1 He was sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment. He has appealed to this Court, contending that the trial justice committed reversible error: (1) in permitting the state’s psychiatric expert to be present in the courtroom and to observe the defendant testify before he provided his expert opinion about the defendant; (2) in allowing the same expert to render a particular medical opinion in purported violation of the discovery provisions of the Superior…
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