State v. Robbio

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

In an indictment filed on June 29, 1984, a Providence County Grand Jury charged the defendant, Donald J. Robbio (Robbio), with the unlawful killing of his daughter, Andrea, a violation of G.L. 1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-23-3. Five months later a Superior Court jury, after a three-day trial, found Robbio guilty of involuntary manslaughter. In this appeal Robbio raises three issues.

On April 2, 1984, Robbio, his wife, their three-year-old daughter, Andrea, and one- year-old son, Jason, lived in Providence in a duplex apartment. The length of the apartment was…