State v. Parker

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

The defendant, Calvin Parker, Jr., appeals his conviction in the Superior Court of the crimes of robbery and leaving the scene of an accident. He challenges the validity of the victim’s eyewitness identification, the limitation of cross-examination by the trial justice, and the sufficiency of the jury instructions. We affirm.

On July 24, 1979, Maria Kattke was working at a gift shop in the city of Central Falls. At approximately 11:30 a.m., a man whom she recognized from a previous visit entered the shop. After speaking with Kattke, he browsed around the store for about…