State v. Vocatura

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

On September 30, 2005, a jury convicted the defendant, Christopher Vocatura (defendant or Vocatura), of felony domestic assault for kicking Tanamie Frazer in the stomach, causing her serious injuries. The defendant appeals from that conviction and argues that the trial justice committed reversible error when he 1) did not allow the defendant’s attorney (counsel or defense counsel) to testify and 2) struck from the record certain portions of the testimony of defense witness Pietro Pastore.

This case came before the Supreme Court for oral argument on…