State v. Jeffrey Moten

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON,

for the Court.

On December 5; 2006, a Providence County Family Court jury found the defendant, Jeffrey Moten, guilty of first degree child abuse for inflicting serious bodily injury on his infant daughter, Nashya *1234Moten. On May 10, 2007, the trial justice sentenced the defendant to twenty years, with eighteen years to serve and two years suspended with probation, along with one hundred hours of community service.

On appeal, defendant contends that his right to confrontation under both the United States and Rhode Island constitutions was violated when the trial justice…