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STATE v. VARGAS

No. 2009-82-CA.

991 A.2d 1056 (2010)

STATE v. Jose Luis VARGAS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia M. McGinn, Department of Attorney General, for Plaintiff.

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

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

OPINION

Justice GOLDBERG, for the Court.

This case came before the Supreme Court on appeal by the defendant, Jose Luis Vargas (Vargas or defendant), after a jury convicted him of multiple counts of child molestation. The defendant presents three arguments on appeal. He contends that: (1) the trial justice erred by allowing the state to use his prior criminal convictions for impeachment purposes, should the defendant...

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