State v. Pule

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

The defendant, Tasi F. Pule, appeals from a judgment of conviction for manslaughter in the Superior Court. An indictment charged the defendant with second-degree murder for the stabbing death of James Hathaway. After trial, a Superior Court jury found Pule guilty of manslaughter. On appeal the defendant argues that the trial justice erred in admitting into evidence a threatening statement that the defendant made approximately eight weeks prior to the homicide. We affirm.

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