State v. Quaweay
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and carrying a firearm without a license. Defendants convictions arose out of a shooting inside the lobby of a hotel/nightclub. In 2011, Defendant requested a new trial based on allegedly newly discovered evidence that, sometime before trials, federal marshals had visited the apartment of one of the state’s witnesses. Defendant claimed that the visit from the marshals gave the witness a motive to falsely inculpate Defendant in the shooting. The trial justice denied Defendant’s request for a new trial, concluding that the information about the marshals did not constitute newly discovered evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that there was neither clear error nor a misconception of material evidence in the trial justice’s denial of Defendant’s motion for a new trial.
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