OPINION
PER CURIAM.
The state has invoked the community-caretaking functions of police officers to justify a state trooper's opening of the defendant's car door that led to her conviction in this case. The defendant, Louise Roussell, appeals from a judgment of conviction following a jury trial in Superior Court. The jury found her guilty of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol in violation of G.L.1956 § 31-27-2. A single justice...
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