6 Rhode Island opinions name it 2 courts 1980–2013 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 |
|---|---|---|
State v. Bibeegreen1 sentence2013When ruling on the effect of the prosecution’s failure to disclose the photographs, the trial justice stated that he “certainly [did not] see anything” that would have led him to “find that [the prosecutor] did anything intentional in withholding that material.” We perceive no basis for holding that the trial justice erred in finding that the nondisclosure was inadvertent; and, therefore, “the second element of the test, prejudice to the opposing party, controls our inquiry.” See State v. Bibee, 559 A.2d 618, 621 (R.I.1989); see also State v. Pona, 810 A.2d 245, 250 (R.I.2002) (noting that san | 1 | 1 |
State v. Ponagreen1 sentence2013When ruling on the effect of the prosecution’s failure to disclose the photographs, the trial justice stated that he “certainly [did not] see anything” that would have led him to “find that [the prosecutor] did anything intentional in withholding that material.” We perceive no basis for holding that the trial justice erred in finding that the nondisclosure was inadvertent; and, therefore, “the second element of the test, prejudice to the opposing party, controls our inquiry.” See State v. Bibee, 559 A.2d 618, 621 (R.I.1989); see also State v. Pona, 810 A.2d 245, 250 (R.I.2002) (noting that san | 1 | 1 |
State v. Vocaturagreen1 sentence2013We have recognized that “the purpose of Rule 16 is to ferret out procedural, rather than substantive prejudice * * *.” Vacatura, 922 A.2d at 119 (internal quotation marks omitted). | 1 | 1 |
Goyette v. Sousagreen2 sentences1980See Goyette v. Sousa, 90 R.I. 8, 16-17 , 153 A.2d 509, 514 (1959). 1980See Goyette v. Sousa, 90 R.I. 8, 16-17 , 153 A.2d 509, 514 (1959). | 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. Concannon
green
2 sentences1992“In these situations, we must move to the second element of the test, which is prejudice to the opposing party.” Id. 1989Concannon, 457 A.2d at 1354 . | 2 | 1989–1992 |
State v. Morejon
green
1 sentence2003Id. | 1 | 2003–2003 |
State v. Coelho
green
1 sentence1983Although the result in State v. Coelho, supra, was produced by the combination of several circumstances discussed in that opinion, Rule 16, as we said, is designed to prevent “procedural” rather than “substantive” prejudice. | 1 | 1983–1983 |
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.