State v. Jorge Depina

Syllabus

The defendant, Jorge Depina, appealed from an October 15, 2018 judgment of conviction and commitment entered in Providence County Superior Court, which reflected the fact that he was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder in the death of his daughter and was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, Mr. Depina contended that \the trial justice erred when she denied Mr. Depina's motion to suppress the videos located on a Samsung digital camera that detectives seized by improperly expanding the scope of a judicially-approved warrant.\ The Supreme Court held that the camera at issue clearly fell within the scope of the challenged warrant. Accordingly, the Court held that the trial justice did not err in denying Mr. Depina's motion to suppress the camera and its contents. The Supreme Court proceeded to affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.