Supreme Court of Rhode Island June 22, 2012, No. 2010-388-C.A (State v. Bunnell)

OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

On October 31, 2004, three-year-old Thomas J. Wright1 lost his life as a result of extensive injuries that tragically had been inflicted upon him by his aunt and *222her boyfriend after they returned home from a night of drinking.