State v. Clements
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of murder, and one count each of conspiracy and arson. The trial justice sentenced Defendant to three consecutive life sentences. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the admission of evidence of a robbery Defendant committed the day before the murders, even if error, was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) Defendant failed to preserve his objections to the content of the limiting instructions regarding the use of the robbery evidence; and (3) the trial justice did not abuse his discretion when he denied Defendant’s motion to pass the case.
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