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STATE v. ABREU

No. 2004-219-C.A.

899 A.2d 473 (2006)

STATE v. Paula ABREU.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 9, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Daigle, Esq., for Plaintiff.

Robert J. Caron, Esq., for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, and ROBINSON, JJ.

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON for the Court.

After a jury trial, the defendant, Paula Abreu, was convicted on February 12, 2004 of one count of assault with a dangerous weapon. She was sentenced to ten years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (one year to serve and the balance suspended, with probation). The defendant now appeals from that conviction, contending that, because she had raised the defense of self-defense, the trial justice erred in excluding...

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