State v. Vose
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of six counts of neglecting an adult with severe impairments and sentencing him to concurrent five-year sentences at the Adult Correctional Institutions, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below.
Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) Defendant's argument that R.I. Gen. Laws 11-5-12 is vague and ambiguous because it does not notify a potential criminal defendant what conduct is proscribed was without merit; (2) section 11-5-12 does not require expert medical testimony to establish “severe impairment”; (3) the trial justice did not misapply the law when he denied Defendant’s motion for a new trial; and (4) Defendant's argument that the state violated Sup. Ct. R. Crim. P. 16 was without not properly preserved for appeal and was further without merit.
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