State v. Haffner
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court finding Defendant guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon - a shod foot - and driving while intoxicated, holding that the trial justice did not err when she instructed the jury about the concept of aiding and abetting and that Defendant's Frye hearing was not conducted in error.
On appeal, Defendant argued that the trial justice erred in charging the jury that it could convict him as either a principal or as an aider and abetter and that the trial justice erred during the Frye hearing because she failed to put him on notice that he was exposed to criminal liability for aiding and abetting. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) an instruction on aiding and abetting was justified by the evidence; and (2) the trial justice did not err in the manner in which she proceeded during the Frye hearing.
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