State v. Barros
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder, possessing a firearm after having previously been convicted of a violent crime, and other crimes. Defendant was sentenced to consecutive life sentences for first-degree murder and using a firearm during a violent crime. Defendant appealed, arguing that the trial justice erred in excluding the testimony of Stephen Bodden on the grounds that Bodden effectively invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Defendant’s appeal was not properly before the Court; and (2) nonetheless, the trial justice did not err when he ruled that Bodden properly invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege during the voir dire examination.
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