STATE v. ORDWAY

No. 91-232-C.A.

619 A.2d 819 (1992)

STATE v. Donna ORDWAY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. O'Neil, Atty. Gen., Aaron Weisman, Jeffrey Greer, Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff.

John Cicilline, Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on appeal by the defendant, Donna Ordway, from a Superior Court conviction of manslaughter. The defendant appeals her conviction on numerous grounds. The defendant claims that the trial justice committed error (1) by allowing Dr. Debra Kaiser to testify on the subject of battered women's syndrome, (2) by improperly instructing the jury on the doctrine of retreat, (3) by denying the defendant...

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