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10 Rhode Island opinions name it 2 courts 1968–2018 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Rhode Island courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Ferguson v. Marshall Contractors, Inc.green2 sentences2008See Ferguson v. Marshall Contractors, Inc. , 745 A.2d 147 , 151-52 (R.I. 2000) (Law of the case doctrine states that a second judge should refrain from disturbing a prior ruling on the same question that had been raised in an identical manner and is "particularly applicable when the rulings under consideration pertain to successive motions for summary judgment. . . .") This is illogical and cannot be the intended meaning of the rule. 2006See Ferguson v. Marshall Contractors, Inc., 745 A.2d 147 , 151-52 (R.I. 2000) (Law of the case doctrine states that a second judge should refrain from disturbing a prior ruling on the same question that had been raised in an identical manner and is "particularly applicable when the rulings under consideration pertain to successive motions for summary judgment. . . .") This is illogical and cannot be the intended meaning of the rule. | 2 | 2 |
State v. Quattrocchigreen2 sentences2018If the majority’s reasoning is correct, then we have effectively eliminated the requirement that 404(b) evidence of sexual offenses must be “closely related in time,” id. (quoting Brigham, 638 A.2d at 1045 ), as that language now has been rendered utterly meaningless. 2 Relevant Rule 404(b) Exception Rule 404(b) permits evidence of a defendant’s other crimes, wrongs, or acts to be admitted for the purpose of proving motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident.5 Although there has been flexibility in the interpretation of the rule, it i 2018If the majority’s reasoning is correct, then we have effectively eliminated the requirement that 404(b) evidence of sexual offenses must be “closely related in time,” id. (quoting Brigham, 638 A.2d at 1045 ), as that language now has been rendered utterly meaningless. 2 Relevant Rule 404(b) Exception Rule 404(b) permits evidence of a defendant’s other crimes, wrongs, or acts to be admitted for the purpose of proving motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident. 5 Although there has been flexibility in the interpretation of the rule, it | 1 | 1 |
State v. John Cavanaughgreen1 sentence2018Thus, for Beth’s testimony to have been properly admitted, it must have been 5 Although we have recognized that the list of exceptions set forth in the second sentence of Rule 404(b) is not exhaustive, see State v. Cavanaugh, 158 A.3d 268, 280 (R.I. 2017), none of the other exceptions which have been developed through our case law could possibly apply in this case. | 1 | 1 |
Carnevale v. Dupeegreen1 sentence2003Carnevale v. Dupee, 783 A.2d 404, 408 (R.I.2001). | 1 | 1 |
Adams v. Shell Oil Co.green1 sentence1998Marcus, Federal Practice and Procedure § 2033, at 463 (2d ed.1994) (noting that with respect to the question whether a regular employee can ever be considered "specially employed,” "[i]t may be that no parsing of the rule and Advisory Committee Note will afford a fully satisfactory answer”); In re Shell Oil Refinery, 132 F.R.D. 437, 441 (E.D.La.1990) (and cases cited therein) (recognizing fractured authority on the interpretation of this rule); Super. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Rhode Island. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
State v. Mohapatra
green
2 sentences2018If the majority’s reasoning is correct, then we have effectively eliminated the requirement that 404(b) evidence of sexual offenses must be “closely related in time,” id. (quoting Brigham, 638 A.2d at 1045 ), as that language now has been rendered utterly meaningless. 2 Relevant Rule 404(b) Exception Rule 404(b) permits evidence of a defendant’s other crimes, wrongs, or acts to be admitted for the purpose of proving motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident. 5 Although there has been flexibility in the interpretation of the rule, it 2018If the majority’s reasoning is correct, then we have effectively eliminated the requirement that 404(b) evidence of sexual offenses must be “closely related in time,” id. (quoting Brigham, 638 A.2d at 1045 ), as that language now has been rendered utterly meaningless. 2 Relevant Rule 404(b) Exception Rule 404(b) permits evidence of a defendant’s other crimes, wrongs, or acts to be admitted for the purpose of proving motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident. 5 Although there has been flexibility in the interpretation of the rule, it | 1 | 2018–2018 |
State v. Brigham
green
2 sentences2018If the majority’s reasoning is correct, then we have effectively eliminated the requirement that 404(b) evidence of sexual offenses must be “closely related in time,” id. (quoting Brigham, 638 A.2d at 1045 ), as that language now has been rendered utterly meaningless. 2 Relevant Rule 404(b) Exception Rule 404(b) permits evidence of a defendant’s other crimes, wrongs, or acts to be admitted for the purpose of proving motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident.5 Although there has been flexibility in the interpretation of the rule, it i 2018If the majority’s reasoning is correct, then we have effectively eliminated the requirement that 404(b) evidence of sexual offenses must be “closely related in time,” id. (quoting Brigham, 638 A.2d at 1045 ), as that language now has been rendered utterly meaningless. 2 Relevant Rule 404(b) Exception Rule 404(b) permits evidence of a defendant’s other crimes, wrongs, or acts to be admitted for the purpose of proving motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident. 5 Although there has been flexibility in the interpretation of the rule, it | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Sciacca v. Caruso
green
1 sentence2002Appellant proposes that this Court employ a narrow interpretation of the standard established in Sciacca v. Caruso, 769 A.2d 578 (R.I. 2001). | 1 | 2002–2002 |
Pike v. Pike
green
1 sentence1991Pike considered the interpretation of a clause in will similar to that of the deceased. 574 A.2d at 743 . | 1 | 1991–1991 |
Lommer v. Scranton-Spring Brook Water Service Co.
yellow
1 sentence1972At the threshold, it is to be noted that the status of Lommer as an authority for the view therein stated has been-substantially eroded by a second decision of the same court *579 between the same parties, to wit, in Lommer v. Scranton-Spring Brook Water Service Co., 4 F.R.D. 104 (M.D. | 1 | 1972–1972 |
State v. Kurowski
green
1 sentence1969I. 25, 28, 210 A.2d 873, 875 , this court held, “The phrase ‘guilty knowledge’ as used in the second clause of §11-41-2 refers back to the phrase ‘knowing the same to be stolen' in the first clause thereof and means a fraudulent intent concurrent with the act.” It was with this interpretation of the presumption created by §11-41-2 that the trial justice instructed the jury in his charge. | 1 | 1969–1969 |
Marandola v. Hillcrest Builders, Inc.
green
1 sentence1968I. 46, 227 A.2d 785 . | 1 | 1968–1968 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.