State v. Brown

OPINION

Chief Justice WILLIAMS,

for the Court.

The defendant, Scott Brown (defendant), was convicted in the Superior Court of one count of felony assault in violation of G.L. 1956 § 11-5-2 and G.L.1956 § 12-29-2 and two counts of simple assault in violation of § 11-5-3 and § 12-29-2. The defendant appeals his convictions, alleging that the trial justice erred when he permitted the state to present evidence of prior uncharged acts of domestic violence perpetrated by defendant against the same complaining witness, Lorene Quaranta (Quar-anta). The defendant and Quaranta, who were romantically…