State v. Jones
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of two counts of felony assault, holding that the trial justice did not abuse his discretion by permitting the state to impeach Defendant with a prior felony assault conviction.
Defendant's first jury trial ended in a mistrial after a hung jury. After a second criminal jury trial before a different trial justice, the jury found Defendant guilty of two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. On appeal, Defendant argued that the second trial justice abused his discretion by deviating from the law of the case doctrine and allowing a prior felony assault conviction to be introduced for impeachment purposes. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, under the circumstances, the trial justice did not abuse his discretion by allowing the State to impeach Defendant's credibility with his prior felony assault conviction.
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