State v. Boucher

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

In the spring of 1981, a statewide grand jury returned a three-count indictment in which the defendants, Theresa Boucher (Boucher) and Denise Flinkfelt (Flinkfelt), were charged with (1) being habitually cruel to a child under the age of eighteen, a violation of G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-9-5; (2) failing to report a known or suspected incident of child abuse, a violation of G.L.1956 (1977 Reenactment) § 40-11-3, as amended by P.L.1979, ch. 248, § 9, and § 40-11-6.1, as enacted by P.L.1979, ch. 248, § 10; and (3) knowingly making or causing to have made a false…