State v. McDowell

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of the defendant, Thomas J. McDowell, from a judgment of conviction of nine counts of second-degree child molestation. The defendant was sentenced to concurrent terms of thirty years on each count, ten years to serve and twenty years suspended with probation. On appeal, the defendant argued that he was denied his right to present a full and fair defense because the trial justice erroneously excluded the testimony of three witnesses and abused her discretion by removing a juror for cause and by exempting the mother…