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STATE v. SPEAKS

No. 96-31-C.A.

691 A.2d 547 (1997)

STATE v. Bernard H. SPEAKS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea Mendes, Special Asst. Attorney General and Aaron Weisman, Asst. Attorney General, for Plaintiff.

Richard K. Corley, for Defendant.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

According to the Bible, when King Solomon had to judge which of two women was the true mother of the infant they were both claiming, he threatened to sunder the baby in two with a sword and to give each woman an equal half. He hoped the real mother would give up the child rather than allow him to harm the baby.1

Here, to prevent his former wife from obtaining custody of their infant...

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