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· 6/2/1987

State v. Amazeen

Citations

  • 526 A.2d 1268
  • 1987 R.I. LEXIS 506

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an instruction on voluntary manslaughter due to diminished capacity was not warranted when the evidence showed that defendant was, among other things, able to. clean up the body and the crime scene following the murder
  • stating that “[t]he defendant’s clear memory of the events leading up to the victim’s death” contributed to the holding that an instruction on voluntary manslaughter due to diminished capacity was not warranted

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Judges: Murray

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