State v. Sampson

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON

for the Court.

The defendant, Mark Sampson, appeals from a judgment of conviction for second degree child abuse after a bench trial in the Superior Court for Kent County. On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial justice committed reversible error because, in his view: (1) G.L.1956 § 11-9-5.3 (the statute pursuant to which the defendant was convicted) is unconstitutionally vague; (2) the evidence was insufficient for an adjudication of guilt and for denial of the defendant’s motion for new trial; (3) the defendant did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily…