State v. Cote

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions for third-degree burglary and second-degree larceny. It held that the statutory amendment increasing the property-value threshold for second-degree larceny did not apply retroactively under the amelioration doctrine, and it upheld the admission of evidence concerning the defendant’s uncharged conduct in Rhode Island because the evidence was relevant to intent and context and its probative value outweighed its prejudicial effect.