McMaugh v. State

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter comes before the Supreme Court on the appeal of Ann McMaugh (McMaugh or petitioner) from a Superior Court denial of her petition for postconviction relief. In her petition she claimed that she was a victim of battered woman’s syndrome. For the reasons set forth below we reverse the ruling of the trial court, grant the petitioner’s application for postconvietion relief, and remand to the Superior Court for a new trial.

The events that give rise to this appeal are set out in State v. McMaugh, 512 A.2d 824 (R.I.1986). In brief, the facts are as follows. On the…