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STATE v. RUFFNER

No. 2004-356-C.A.

911 A.2d 680 (2006)

STATE v. Jack RUFFNER.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 15, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane M. McSoley, Esq., Providence, for Plaintiff.

Paula Rosin, Esq., Providence, for Defendant.

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

OPINION

Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.

The defendant, Jack Ruffner, appeals from a Superior Court judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree. The trial justice's refusal to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter forms the basis of the defendant's appeal. The defendant also contends that the trial justice committed reversible error by excluding a 911 dispatch report as evidence...

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