Supreme Court of Rhode Island January 16, 1990, No. 88-599-C.A. (State v. Giblin)

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

On August 26, 1986, the defendant, James Giblin, was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, and extradited to Rhode Island where he was charged by the Pawtucket police with the murder of Francis J. Vail-lencourt. Later a Superior Court jury found the defendant guilty of second-degree murder. Hereafter we shall refer to the defendant and to the deceased by their last names.