Rhode Island Supreme Court Decisions 2019
Date: December 18, 2019
Docket Number: 17-295
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and quashed in part the final decree of the Workers' Compensation Court (WCC) upholding an award of accidental disability benefits for occupational cancer to Petitioner, holding that…
Date: December 18, 2019
Docket Number: 18-150
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the family court denying Father's motions to modify visitation placement, ordering Father's visitation to remain suspended, granting in part Mother's motion for a mental health…
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-348, 17-373, 17-374
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court affirming rulings of the probate court and holding that the father (the decedent)Plaintiffs and Defendant had validly executed a last will and testament on…
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 17-368
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants and dismissing Plaintiff's action claiming violation of restrictive covenants and breach of the duty of quiet…
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Number: 18-177
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court dismissing Plaintiff's complaint against Child and Family Services of Newport County (CFS) alleging defamation, constructive termination, discrimination, and…
Date: December 17, 2019
Docket Numbers: 19-36, 19-38
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgments of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff, Midland Funding, LLC, in these consolidated credit card debt collection appeals, holding that Defendant…
Date: December 12, 2019
Docket Number: 16-310
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and vacated in part the order of the family court denying Father's motion for a new trial following an order that denied Father's motion to change custody and awarded sole custody of…
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 18-178
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of assault with a dangerous weapon in a dwelling house and other offenses, holding that the trial justice did not err in admitting a recording and transcript of a phone…
Date: December 11, 2019
Docket Number: 18-94
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court answered a question certified to it by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District Court of Rhode Island by holding that R.I. Gen. Laws 9-26-4(11) permits a debtor to claim an exemption for an…
Date: December 3, 2019
Docket Number: 18-129
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of four counts of first-degree sexual assault, holding that the trial justice did not err when he did not declare a mistrial after the prosecutor made "ill advised"…
Date: November 26, 2019
Docket Number: 18-261
Justia Opinion Summary: In this breach of contract action the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court in favor of Defendant, holding that the trial justice did not err in finding that no oral contract existed between the…
Date: November 22, 2019
Docket Number: 18-263
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court denying Defendant's motion to reduce or correct an illegal sentence, holding that, under the circumstances of this case, the trial court did not err in…
Date: November 21, 2019
Docket Number: 18-20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of first-degree sexual assault, holding that the trial justice did not abuse its discretion in admitting certain text messages because…
Date: November 21, 2019
Docket Number: 18-316
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the superior court dismissing Plaintiff's claims against Defendants, USAA Federal Savings Bank and Charles Baird, for lack of personal jurisdiction, holding that the trial justice…
Date: November 18, 2019
Docket Number: 17-113
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decree of the family court terminating Mother's parental rights to her child, holding that the family court did not err when it terminated the rights of Mother, the non-Indian mother of an…
Date: November 15, 2019
Docket Number: 18-171
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated in part a family court final judgment of divorce and otherwise affirmed, holding that without a finding as to Wife's ability to pay for her legal representation during the course of the divorce…
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 17-429
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of assault with a dangerous weapon and resisting arrest, holding that the trial justice did not err by denying Defendant's motion for a…
Date: November 14, 2019
Docket Number: 18-246
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case stemming from an incident that allegedly took place while Plaintiff was held in pretrial detention at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court…
Date: October 22, 2019
Docket Number: 17-398
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the superior court denying Defendant's motion to dismiss one count of first-degree sexual assault on the grounds of double jeopardy and prosecutorial misconduct, holding that…
Date: October 16, 2019
Docket Numbers: 16-132, 17-400
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the superior court judgment adjudicating Defendant a probation violator and a superior court order denying Defendant's motion to terminate imprisonment, holding that the hearing justices did…
Date: July 2, 2019
Docket Number: 16-77
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the superior court that granted a preliminary injunction in favor of Plaintiffs restraining the City of Woonsocket from changing the terms of Plaintiffs' retiree health…
Date: June 28, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-149, 17-150
Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute among siblings regarding amendments to an inter vivos trust and gifts of interest in a family limited partnership established by Augusta Hathaway the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior…
Date: June 27, 2019
Docket Number: 18-195
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and vacated in part the superior court's denial of Defendants' motion for a new trial after a jury found in favor of Plaintiff on his complaint alleging conversion and breach of…
Date: June 24, 2019
Docket Number: 15-328
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court quashed the judgment of the superior court upholding the decision of the Administrative Adjudication Division (AAD) of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) denying Plaintiffs'…
Date: June 21, 2019
Docket Number: 16-119
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court denying Petitioner's appeal from a decision of a drug court magistrate upholding a determination by the Sex Offender Board of Review classifying Petitioner as…
Date: June 20, 2019
Docket Number: 17-326
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court reversing the Rhode Island Airport Corporation's (RIAC) 2015 order prohibiting Plaintiff from entering the North Central State Airport, holding that RIAC was…
Date: June 20, 2019
Docket Number: 18-91
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants on Plaintiff's complaint alleging various claims under, inter alia, the Rhode Island Wiretap Act, state…
Date: June 19, 2019
Docket Number: 17-313
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff as to Plaintiff's claim seeking injunctive relief for Defendants' alleged trespass and permanently enjoining…
Date: June 19, 2019
Docket Number: 18-151
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of assault with a dangerous weapon and malicious injury to property, holding that the trial justice did not err in denying Defendant's…
Date: June 19, 2019
Docket Number: 18-24
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decree of the family court that terminated Mother's parental rights with respect to her daughter, holding that the family court justice's findings were not clearly wrong, and the justice…
Date: June 19, 2019
Docket Number: 18-51
Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute over the cost of annual premiums for post-retirement life insurance benefits the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court entering summary judgment in favor of Plaintiffs - the Rhode…
Date: June 18, 2019
Docket Number: 16-324
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court affirming a decision of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT) that denied Petitioners' wage and hour claims against Delta Airline, Inc.,…
Date: June 17, 2019
Docket Number: 16-282
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case concerning the award of a concessions contract for concessions at a public park in the City of Providence the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court in favor of Defendants - the City, the…
Date: June 17, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-56, 17-183
Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute surrounding the distribution of the assets of the parties' deceased mother the Supreme Court affirmed the judgments of the superior court with respect to the substance of two orders of the probate court,…
Date: June 17, 2019
Docket Number: 18-47
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the postjudgment order of the family court in favor of Judith Cusick requiring Maurice Cusick to submit to limited genetic testing for the benefit of the parties' minor children, holding that…
Date: June 14, 2019
Docket Number: 17-351
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court denying Appellant's application for postconviction relief, holding that the postconviction hearing justice did not err in denying Appellant's…
Date: June 13, 2019
Docket Number: 15-295
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of assault of a police officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, holding that the trial justice did not err in determining that Defendant had waived his…
Date: June 13, 2019
Docket Number: 17-202
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants on the grounds that the case was moot, holding that there was no justiciable controversy before the Court and…
Date: June 13, 2019
Docket Number: 18-72
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court in favor of Defendant on the ground that Plaintiff was not legally entitled to recover rent monies which he had paid to Defendant over the period of time…
Date: June 12, 2019
Docket Number: 17-231
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree murder by use of a firearm he was not licensed to carry, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on any of his allegations of…
Date: June 12, 2019
Docket Number: 17-275
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the superior court's judgment ruling in favor of Plaintiff, Management Capital, LLC, on its complaint filed after Defendant, F.A.F., Inc., maintained that a common stock warrant held by…
Date: June 12, 2019
Docket Number: 18-124
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the superior court denying Defendant's motion to confirm an arbitration award in Defendant's favor, holding that the trial justice properly exercised his discretion when he…
Date: June 12, 2019
Docket Number: 18-183
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court dismissing Appellant's probate appeal after finding that, because Appellant was under guardianship, he lacked the capacity to retain legal counsel and file an…
Date: June 11, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-371, 18-136
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgments of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant and the third-party defendant (collectively, Defendants) on Plaintiff's complaint alleging negligence for…
Date: June 11, 2019
Docket Number: 18-43
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of first-degree child molestation sexual assault, holding that the trial justice did not commit clear error in the proceedings below. On…
Date: June 10, 2019
Docket Number: 16-237
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order and judgment of the family court finding Respondent delinquent for possession of child pornography, holding that Respondent was not entitled to relief on three of his arguments and…
Date: June 10, 2019
Docket Number: 17-309
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court quashed the order of the superior court that quashed the oral deposition of M.Y., the minor daughter of Defendants, holding that the hearing justice erred when he quashed M.Y.'s oral deposition and…
Date: June 4, 2019
Docket Number: 16-335
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court ruling that federal law preempted state statutes authorizing vicarious liability of a car owner for the negligent acts of the driver, holding that the federal…
Date: June 4, 2019
Docket Number: 17-350
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Insurer and Plaintiff's claims alleging that Insurer was contractually obligated to provide insurance coverage to…
Date: June 3, 2019
Docket Number: 17-123
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and vacated in part the judgment of the family court ordering Joel Trojan to pay $1,796 per month in child support for the parties' minor child, holding that the trial justice erred in…
Date: June 3, 2019
Docket Number: 17-36
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal concerned two City of Cranston ordinances that promulgated a ten-year suspension of the cost-of-living adjustment benefit for retirees of the Cranston Police Department and Cranston Fire Department who…
Date: June 3, 2019
Docket Number: 18-121
Justia Opinion Summary: In these actions challenging the assessment of alleged illegal real estate taxes on several properties and property owners, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court in favor of Defendants in the…
Date: May 30, 2019
Docket Number: 17-239
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the superior court granting Defendants' motion to dismiss Plaintiff's complaint alleging breach of contract and seeking a declaration that Defendants had breached an agreement,…
Date: May 23, 2019
Docket Number: 17-7
Justia Opinion Summary: In this foreclosure action, the Supreme Court vacated the order of the superior court granting partial summary judgment in favor of Note Capital Group, Inc. and against Michele Perretta and Anna Perretta, holding that…
Date: May 17, 2019
Docket Number: 17-357
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of five counts of second-degree sexual assault, holding that the trial justice did not err in denying Defendant's motion for a new…
Date: May 17, 2019
Docket Number: 17-428
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the decree of the family court that terminated Mother's parental rights with respect to her minor son, holding that notice of the hearing date on the petition to terminate Mother's parental…
Date: May 16, 2019
Docket Number: 18-32
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the family court granting an absolute divorce to Defendant and his former wife, Plaintiff, and ordering an equitable distribution of their marital assets, holding that…
Date: May 2, 2019
Docket Number: 17-133
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Retirement Board of the Employee Retirement System of Providence (the Board) denying Petitioner's application for accidental disability retirement benefits and instead…
Date: May 1, 2019
Docket Number: 17-138
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting Defendants' motion to dismiss this action challenging the assessment of alleged illegal taxes, holding that the hearing justice did not err in…
Date: May 1, 2019
Docket Number: 17-375
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the superior court denying Defendant's motion to correct sentence pursuant to Rule 35 of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure, holding that the trial justice did not err…
Date: April 30, 2019
Docket Numbers: 13-174, 17-394
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court remanded with directions to modify the superior court's April 22, 2013 attorneys' fees order, affirmed in part and vacated in part the April 26, 2013 judgment of the superior court, and affirmed the…
Date: April 29, 2019
Docket Number: 17-376
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of two counts of first degree robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery, holding that the admission of an out-of-court statement made by an alleged…
Date: April 23, 2019
Docket Number: 17-164
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court denying Defendant's motion for a new trial after convicting Defendant of of assault and battery resulting in serious bodily injury and possession of a knife…
Date: April 23, 2019
Docket Number: 17-198
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant in this negligence action, holding that summary judgment was appropriately granted in favor of Defendant on…
Date: April 16, 2019
Docket Number: 16-320
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant, NAMCO, LLC, the company that sold the swimming pool in which a four-year-old child drowned to the child's…
Date: April 16, 2019
Docket Number: 18-53
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case between former spouses who disagreed about the ex-husband's entitlement to visitation with two dogs the parties acquired during their marriage, the Supreme Court affirmed the order of the family court…
Date: April 11, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-26, 17-135
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the September 20, 2016 judgment of the superior court entering judgment against Family Dollar Stores of Rhode Island, Inc. and affirmed the November 9, 2016 order of the superior court granting…
Date: April 9, 2019
Docket Number: 16-6
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decree of the appellate division of the Workers' Compensation Court (WCC) dismissing Petitioner's appeal from the decision of the trial judge finding that work-sharing benefits were…
Date: April 8, 2019
Docket Number: 16-104
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the determination of the hearing justice that Plaintiff, Christy's Auto Rentals, Inc., lacked standing to bring this declaratory judgment action against Christian Lanoie and his insurer,…
Date: April 4, 2019
Docket Number: 17-321
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the decree of the family court finding that Mother abused and neglected her infant child, holding that the trial justice's findings were not supported by legally competent evidence. The trial…
Date: April 4, 2019
Docket Number: 18-36
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and vacated in part the order of the superior court authorizing a permanent receiver to distribute the proceeds from the sale of 25 Burnside Avenue in Narragansett in accordance with…
Date: April 4, 2019
Docket Number: 18-73
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the superior court denying Plaintiffs' motion for a new trial after a jury found in favor of Defendants in this negligence action, holding that the motion was properly…
Date: April 2, 2019
Docket Number: 17-274
Justia Opinion Summary: In this personal injury suit seeking damages for injures alleged to be caused by defects in a public park, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of the City of…
Date: March 29, 2019
Docket Number: 17-254
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of second-degree murder, holding that Defendant waived his argument that the trial justice erred when she failed to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of…
Date: March 28, 2019
Docket Number: 17-122
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of four counts of first-degree child molestation sexual assault, holding that Defendant was not entitled to a new trial based on any of his arguments on…
Date: March 26, 2019
Docket Number: 17-229
Justia Opinion Summary: In this negligence case, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court entering judgment for Feeley & Driscoll, P.C. (Feeley) on all claims by The Rhode Island Industrial-Recreational Building Authority…
Date: March 22, 2019
Docket Numbers: 15-58, 16-73
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the plan administrator denying Plaintiff pension benefits, holding that the superior court did not err in granting Defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter…
Date: March 22, 2019
Docket Number: 17-153
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court in favor of Defendants on Plaintiffs’ negligence and nuisance claims, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. In their complaint,…
Date: March 22, 2019
Docket Number: 18-11
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the superior court entering summary judgment in favor of Defendant on Plaintiff’s complaint alleging breach of contract and fraud, holding that the hearing justice correctly…
Date: March 18, 2019
Docket Number: 16-17
Justia Opinion Summary: In this complaint brought against Rhode Island College and various college officials alleging that Defendants’ conduct toward Plaintiff during his enrollment in the Master of Social Work program due to his political…
Date: March 14, 2019
Docket Number: 17-235
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the entry of summary judgment in favor of Dr. Shea Gregg in this wrongful death action, holding that the superior court correctly found that the statutory period for filing a wrongful death…
Date: March 13, 2019
Docket Number: 17-48
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the family court denying a miscellaneous petition filed by Plaintiff pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws 15-5-24.1 and 15-5-24.3 for grandparent visitation with two children of her…
Date: March 12, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-200, 17-201
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case arising from a dispute arising from the parties’ lease agreement, the Supreme Court vacated the order of the superior court denying Defendant’s motion to stay litigation in favor of arbitration, holding that…
Date: March 11, 2019
Docket Number: 18-22
Justia Opinion Summary: In this action involving various allegations against the former mayor of the City of Central Falls, the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant, the Rhode…
Date: February 13, 2019
Docket Number: 17-426
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant, Pare Engineering Corporation, on John Rocchio Corporation’s action asserting claims for interference with…
Date: February 6, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-342, 18-69
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the superior court granting the City of Pawtucket’s motion to dismiss Appellant’s motion to vacate an arbitration award issued in connection with the termination of Appellant’s…
Date: February 5, 2019
Docket Numbers: 17-215, 17-216
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgments of the superior court adjudging Appellant to be a violator of his probation, holding (1) there was no reason to remand Appellant’s case for a new probation violation hearing under…
Date: January 29, 2019
Docket Number: 17-107
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court quashed the order of the superior court denying Plaintiff’s motion for a protective order concerning the deposition of Lawrence Rainey, holding that, pursuant to rule 26(b)(4)(B) of the Superior Court…
Date: January 29, 2019
Docket Number: 17-251
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, three counts of discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence, and one…
Date: January 29, 2019
Docket Number: 17-358
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of first-degree robbery, conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery, and assault with a dangerous weapon in a dwelling house with intent…
Date: January 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-100
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the superior court denying Defendant’s motion to correct his sentence, holding that there was no error on the part of the hearing justice in denying Defendant’s motion to correct…
Date: January 29, 2019
Docket Number: 18-18
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff, holding that summary judgment was appropriate because the mortgage granted to Defendant was discharged by…
Date: January 17, 2019
Docket Number: 16-102
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court quashed the judgment of the superior court that granted Defendant’s application for postconviction relief and reinstated Defendant’s convictions, holding that the hearing justice erred in holding that…
Date: January 17, 2019
Docket Number: 17-175
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant in this construction dispute, holding that summary judgment was appropriate. Plaintiff entered into a…
Date: January 16, 2019
Docket Number: 17-213
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the report and order of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) denying the Town of Portsmouth’s request for a discounted rate for ferry service from the Town of Bristol to Prudence Island for…
Date: January 15, 2019
Docket Number: 17-185
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial justice's judgment in favor of Summit Insurance Company in this declaratory judgment action seeking to clarify Summit’s liability for prejudgment interest and damages above the policy…
Date: January 9, 2019
Docket Number: 16-136
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction of one count of first-degree child molestation sexual assault, holding that none of the superior court justice’s challenged evidentiary rulings warranted…
Date: January 9, 2019
Docket Number: 17-124
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of conviction after a jury found Defendant guilty of first degree sexual assault and murder, holding that Defendant was entitled to a new trial because the trial court violated the…
Date: January 7, 2019
Docket Number: 16-72
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction for first-degree child abuse, holding that the trial justice did not err by requiring a licensed clinical social worker to testify about statements Defendant made to her…
Date: January 7, 2019
Docket Number: 17-302
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction of two counts of second-degree child molestation sexual assault, holding that the trial justice did not err in denying Defendant’s motion for a new trial. On appeal,…
Date: January 4, 2019
Docket Number: 17-288
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction of reckless driving, holding that the trial justice did not commit clear error or overlook or misconceive material or relevant evidence in denying Defendant’s motion for…
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