State v. Gibson
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's murder convictions and sentences, holding that the trial justice's instructions adequately covered the law on all the crimes charged and that the trial justice did not err in denying Defendant's motions for judgment of acquittal and for a new trial.
After a trial, the jury found that Defendant was guilty of first degree murder, to wit, felony murder during the course of an inherently dangerous felony and other crimes. On appeal, Defendant argued that the trial justice's jury instruction on robbery created reversible error, among other things. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment in its entirety, holding (1) the trial justice's jury instruction on robbery did not create reversible error; and (2) the trial justice did not err in denying Defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal and his motion for a new trial.
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