State v. Martinez
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of a firearm while in possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, and conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of conviction, holding that the trial justice erred in refusing to allow Defendant to make an opening statement to the jury without affording him the opportunity to articulate the nature of the purportedly affirmative evidence he intended to elicit on cross-examination of the state’s witnesses.
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