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June 22, 2006

Carpio trial: Testimony ends, closing arguments next

Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman
Dr. Martin Kelly testifies for the prosecution today as rebuttal testimony in the trial winds up.

PROVIDENCE -- Closing arguments in the murder trial of Esteban Carpio will be heard on Monday, after the prosecution's final rebuttal witness left the stand around 4:30 this afternoon. The court will not be in session tomorrow.

Dr. Martin Kelly, a Boston psychiatrist, testified today that, in his opinion, Carpio showed no signs of mental illness or defects before, during or after he shot Detective Sgt. James L. Allen last year at Providence police headquarters.

But Carpio's lawyer, Robert L. Sheketoff, questioned during cross-examination why Kelly did not interview Carpio's mother or girlfriend, or other people who had seen the defendant shortly before he shot Allen, in making his assessment.

Kelly was called as a rebuttal witness by prosecutor Paul F. Daly Jr. in Carpio's murder trial. Kelly said he found no evidence of mental illness from police reports, transcripts, videotapes and his own interview with Carpio. Kelly said he relied on reports from police interviews of people close to Carpio, and did not think it necessary to talk to them himself.

Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline attended the proceedings for part of the afternoon. About a dozen police officers, including Cmdr. Paul Kennedy and Maj. Stephen Campbell, were also there.

-- With reports from staff writer Cathleen F. Crowley

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