by Bert | Jul 18, 2016 | Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Supreme Court has affirmed a post-conviction court’s decision to grant Raymond Tempest a new trial due to the illegal suppression of favorable evidence in his case. Mr. Tempest had been found guilty back in 1992 for the 1982 murder of Doreen Picard....
by OpenFile | Jun 27, 2013 | Rhode Island, The Open File Blog
The Providence Journal reports that a man has had his conviction for drug possession overturned because an assistant attorney general misrepresented his criminal history and used false information against him during cross-examination. Specifically, the prosecutor,...