Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 12/6/2005

State v. Briggs

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886 A.2d 735
2005 R.I. LEXIS 206
2005 WL 3287950

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concluding that a trial justice’s ruling on the issue of cross-examination, even if it constitutes an abuse of discretion, will be disturbed on appeal only if it resulted in prejudicial error
stating that the right of a defendant to cross- examine the witnesses against him or her “is the primary means by which a criminal defendant may challenge the veracity of a witness’s testimony”
“[D]efendant fails to point to evidence that persuades us that the state made a ‘considered decision’ to withhold the evidence.”
“[T]he ‘recent fabrication’ language in Rule 801 creates a temporal requirement: ‘The consistent statements must have been made before the alleged influence, or motive to fabricate, arose.’”

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Judges: Williams, Goldberg, Flaherty, Robinson, Suttell

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