Rhode Island v. Robat
Annotate this CaseDefendant Julie Robat appealed her conviction on one count of second-degree murder. The victim was Defendant's newborn daughter. On appeal, Defendant contended that the trial justice erred in failing to grant her motion for a judgment of acquittal and her later motion for a new trial on a second-degree murder charge; the basis for that contention was Defendant's underlying assertion that the state failed to provide legally sufficient evidence for a jury to find that she acted with malice in connection with the death of her baby. Furthermore, Defendant contended that the trial justice erred in failing to grant her motion for a new trial because of what she alleged were improper comments made by the prosecutor during her closing argument. Upon review of the trial court record, the Supreme Court found no merit to Defendant's contentions on appeal, and affirmed her conviction.
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