In Re Administrative Plans for Judicial District and Circuit Courts

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• finding battered woman syndrome evidence relevant for purposes of competency evaluation
• finding battered woman syndrome evidence relevant for purposes of competency evaluation
• a “statute is to be interpreted according to the plain and ordinary meaning of its words”
• delay of four and one-half years before seeking to withdraw guilty plea did not impair movant’s credibility where delay may have been caused by battered woman’s syndrome
• “Evidence of battered woman syndrome is ‘material to the issue whether [the defendant] could assist her counsel in preparing a defense that served her best interests.’ McMaugh v. State, 612 A.2d 725, 732 [R.I. 1992]”
• divided court held that defendant, who had filed motion for new trial claiming she was incompetent due to battered woman syndrome when she tendered her plea to manslaughter four years earlier, was entitled to competency evaluation, pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 15[a]

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