Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Jose Torres v. State of Rhode Island.

May 19, 20112011 R.I. LEXIS 63

Summary

The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s denial of Torres’s post‑conviction relief, holding that his guilty plea waived any claim that the original murder indictment was defective and that the indictment was valid because drug‑distribution crimes constitute a permissible predicate felony for felony murder.