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State v. Santos

Citations

  • 413 A.2d 58
  • 122 R.I. 799
  • 1980 R.I. LEXIS 1473

How courts have described this case

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

  • “This statement clearly manifests [the] defendant’s consciousness of guilt, which is incorporated within the term ‘state of mind.”’ (emphasis added)
  • “[i]f the admission of the evidence ‘neither distracted the jury’s attention from, nor influenced its decision on the ultimate issue of the defendant’s guilt,’ the error in admitting it was harmless”
  • discussing the role of Rule 402 in a similar milieu

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Judges: Bevilacqua, Kelleher, Doris, Weisberger

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