State v. Ordway

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on appeal by the defendant, Donna Ord-way, from a Superior Court conviction of manslaughter. The defendant appeals her conviction on numerous grounds. The defendant claims that the trial justice committed error (1) by allowing Dr. Debra Kaiser to testify on the subject of battered women’s syndrome, (2) by improperly instructing the jury on the doctrine of retreat, (3) by denying the defendant’s request to instruct the jury on the difference between the developmental skills of men and those of women, (4) by denying the…