State v. Benevides

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “In this jurisdiction cross-examination of a witness is generally limited in scope to matters testified to on direct examination.”
• “[T]he permissible scope and extent of cross-examination rests in the sound discretion of the trial justice, * * * and his rulings thereon will only be reviewed for an abuse of discretion.”
• “[A] motion to reopen a case to introduce additional evidence is addressed to the discretion of the trial justice and a decision made in the exercise of such discretionary power will not be disturbed by this court on appeal absent a showing of an abuse of that discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).