STATE v. POWELL

No. 86-248-C.A.

533 A.2d 530 (1987)

STATE v. Sandra POWELL.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. O'Neil, Atty. Gen., Thomas Dickinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

C. Leonard O'Brien, Jr., Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant arising out of her conviction for murder in the second degree. The defendant assigns as error that the trial justice abused his discretion in admitting into evidence two 1963 convictions and in refusing to accept a proffered supplemental instruction. The defendant further asserts that the trial justice committed reversible error by invading the province of the jury, denying the defendant a fair...

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