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STATE v. HANES

No. 2000-168-C.A

783 A.2d 920 (2001)

STATE v. Wesley HANES.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annie Goldberg, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Janice M. Weisfeld, Paula Lynch Hardiman, Providence, for Defendant.

Present WILLIAMS, C.J., LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

The defendant, Wesley Hanes, has appealed from a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and carrying a handgun without a license in the fatal shooting of Jamel Palmer. The defendant argued that the trial justice erred: (1) by failing to instruct the jury correctly on the use of deadly force in self-defense, and (2) by refusing to permit defense counsel to elicit testimony during cross-examination of the medical examiner...

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