Ruggieri v. R.I. Department of Environmental Management

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[T]he critical factor in a justification defense is whether a defendant acted with the fear of a reasonable person under the circumstances.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “Given the brutality of the attack against the victim, the extent of the victim’s injuries, and the fact that [appellant] suffered no injuries in the altercation, the evidence presented by the State was sufficient to contradict the self- defense claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).