Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 6/27/2002

State v. Thornton

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800 A.2d 1016
2002 R.I. LEXIS 171
2002 WL 1402326

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holding that the trial justice did not err when he concluded that “the parole board, rather than the court, should assess the quality of [the defendant’s] claimed rehabilitation”
stating that the defendant rejected “the services of competent counsel” three times
court considers numerous factors, including *Page 15 societal deterrence, appropriateness of crime, employment background, and potential for rehabilitation
generally held that a prosecutor's cross-examination of a mental health expert in a case raising an insanity or diminished capacity defense may properly use the defendant's previous convictions or other prior bad acts to test the expert's proffered opinion and credibility

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Judges: Lederberg, Bourcier, Flanders, Goldberg, Williams

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