State v. Oliveira
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree child molestation. The Supreme Court vacated the conviction and remanded for a new trial, determining that Defendant’s right to counsel was violated by the admission at trial of a statement he made to an agent of the state. After a second trial, the jury found Defendant guilty of first-degree child molestation. The trial justice sentenced Defendant to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the forty-five-month delay between the return of the record to the superior court after Oliveira I and the commencement of Defendant’s retrial did not violate Defendant’s right to a speedy trial; and (2) the trial justice did not abuse his discretion in admitting certain out-of-court statements into evidence.
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