State v. Kunwar Chadha

Syllabus

The defendant, Kunwar Chadha, appealed from a June 20, 2019 judgment of conviction and commitment entered against him in Providence County Superior Court on two counts of second-degree child molestation sexual assault. The defendant argued on appeal that the trial justice erred both by denying his motion for a new trial and by \restricting [his] right of confrontation and sufficient cross-examination.\ The Supreme Court reviewed the trial court record and held: (1) that the trial justice was within her discretion in excluding certain lines of questioning on cross-examination and (2) that the trial justice adequately conducted the required analysis in ruling on the motion for a new trial. Accordingly, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Superior Court.