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STATE v. CARDONA

No. 2007-31-C.A.

969 A.2d 667 (2009)

STATE v. Gerardo CARDONA.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron L. Weisman, Department of the Attorney General, for Plaintiff.

Paula Rosin, Office of the Public Defender, for Defendant.

Present: GOLDBERG, Acting C.J., FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, ROBINSON, JJ., and WILLIAMS, C.J. (ret.).

OPINION

Acting Chief Justice GOLDBERG, for the Court.

In this case, the Supreme Court is confronted with yet another victim of domestic violence who, after her abuser was arrested and charged with a felony, changed her story and gave markedly different testimony at trial to protect her abuser.1 The jury was provided with two versions of the events leading to this prosecution—the...

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