Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 9/2/1983

State v. Durand

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465 A.2d 762
1983 R.I. LEXIS 1092

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manslaughter; jury could infer that custodial adult inflicted injuries where wounds were neither self-inflicted nor accidental
no direct evidence of cause of hematoma; substantial evidence negated accident, conclusion that sole custodian inflicted injury “flows logically from the totality of the circumstances”
no direct evidence of cause of hematoma; substantial evidence negated accident, conclusion that sole custodian inflicted injury \flows logically from the totality of the circumstances\
“It is well settled that a factfinder may always draw inferences from the evidence presented, but the inferences must be based on some evidence, either direct or circumstantial.”
permitting battered child syndrome evidence and citing Jackson
permitting battered child syndrome evidence and citing Jackson

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