Opinion ID: 2264062
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Jane Wentworth

Text: The defendant's final argument based on the confrontation clause concerns his attempt to impeach Jane Wentworth (Wentworth), a tenant of defendant and former girlfriend of White, the man who testified that he sold defendant a handgun. During the cross-examination of Wentworth about when she lived in defendant's building, the trial justice sustained the state's objection to defendant's question about whether she had another lease to verify the fact that she moved in a month or two prior to signing her official lease. The defendant now argues he was completely prevented    from using the lease    in the questioning of Ms. Wentworth. The trial transcript does not support defendant's contention. Just prior to the state's objection, defendant succeeded in admitting the lease as a full exhibit. The defendant then elicited from Wentworth that she did not sign the lease until November 23, 1996. Because he was successful in demonstrating that the lease contradicted Wentworth's testimony about when she moved into the apartment, defendant's claim of error is without merit.