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| Judge OKs feeding tube for murder suspect Carpio |
| By Providence Journal |
| Published: 07/25/2005 |
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A Superior Court judge agreed last week to a Rhode Island Department of Corrections request to allow the insertion of a tube, if necessary, to feed the suspect in the murder of a Providence police detective. The 26-year-old Carpio, who was sitting in a wheelchair during his videoconference court appearance, also entered not guilty pleas to the charges against him. He wore no facial covering, as he had in previous appearances, but did have a thick beard. Patricia A. Coyne-Fague, chief legal counsel for the Department of Corrections, told Superior Court Judge Susan McGuirl that Carpio has been "very inconsistent" about eating for about the past month and as a result, "has suffered certain medical consequences." She did not elaborate. Coyne-Fague said the department wanted permission to insert the feeding tube to ensure that Carpio doesn't starve himself to death. McGuirl asked Carpio about the situation. "I'm not doing too good when I eat the food," Carpio replied, in a slow and soft voice. McGuirl ruled that any feeding tube would be inserted at an outside medical facility, as the department requested. Also appearing in court today was the widow of slain Det. Sgt. James Allen, Marguerite Allen. She sat in the front row, escorted into the courtroom by a Providence police detective. Members of Carpio's family, including his mother, Yvonne, sat on the other side. Prosecutor Paul Daly told McGuirl that the state would seek a sentence of life in prison without parole if Carpio is convicted of murdering Allen. Carpio has been in custody since his April arrest, minutes after Allen was shot twice in a conference room at police headquarters. He continues to be held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston. |
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