State v. Griffin

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This case comes before this court on appeal by the defendant from a Superior Court jury conviction of robbery and first-degree sexual assault. The defendant claims that the trial justice committed error by (1) admitting video-taped testimony of two out-of-state physicians taken while the defendant was absent from the courtroom, (2) admitting certain photographs taken of the victim after the incident, and (3) excluding evidence of the victim’s blood-alcohol level. We deny the defendant’s appeal and affirm the Superior Court conviction.

On January 18, 1985, defendant,…