State v. Isom
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of one count of breaking and entering. The trial justice sentenced Defendant to a term of incarceration and also adjudged Defendant to be a habitual offender. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court, holding that the trial justice did not err in (1) denying Defendant’s motion for a judgment of acquittal, as there was sufficient evidence to support Defendant’s conviction; (2) limiting the scope of Defendant's cross-examination of the State’s fingerprint expert; and (3) denying Defendant's motion for a new trial, as the trial justice performed the requisite analysis and provided an adequate rationale for denying the motion.
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