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STATE v. QUARLES

85-87-C.A.

504 A.2d 473 (1986)

STATE v. Ronald QUARLES.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlene Violet, Atty. Gen., Constance L. Messore, Thomas Dickinson, Special Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendant.

William F. Reilly, Public Defender Barbara Hurst, Paula Rosin, Asst. Public Defenders, Providence, for plaintiff.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

Ronald Quarles (Quarles), indicted for murder in the second degree, was convicted by a Providence County1 jury of manslaughter in the slaying of Lorraine Pinto (Pinto), his cohabitant. After his postverdict motion for a new trial was denied, a fourteen-year sentence was imposed. On appeal Quarles claims that the trial justice committed prejudicial error in refusing to instruct the jury that he was not...

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