STATE v. DUMAS

No. 2002-165-C.A.

835 A.2d 438 (2003)

STATE v. Marc DUMAS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane McSoley, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Paula Rosin, Providence, for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., FLANDERS, FLAHERTY, and SUTTELL, JJ.


OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

Retried and found guilty once again of second-degree murder for strangling a Woonsocket woman, the defendant, Mark Dumas (Dumas or defendant), asks us on appeal to reverse his conviction and to remand this case for a third trial. Insisting that he reasonably believed the victim already was dead when he admittedly tied a rope around her neck and, as the jury found, strangled her, he argues that the trial justice grievously erred...

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