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Retrial begins for former state trooper

Jeffrey Clark charged with assault

Updated: Friday, 25 Jun 2010, 1:04 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 25 Jun 2010, 12:06 PM EDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - A re-trial has begun for a former state trooper , charged with assault.

The Providence Journal reports Jeffrey Clark was convicted of assaulting a handcuffed man in the back of a South Kingstown police cruiser in 2006.

The State Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 2009, finding evidence was withheld during the original trial.

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