State v. Messa

How courts have described this case

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

• testimony of a witness who allegedly heard the complaining witnesses discussing faking the crime of which the defendant was accused was newly discovered evidence that necessitated the granting of the motion for a new trial

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Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Woods
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2007-11-28· cited 19×
• State v. Curtis Maxie
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2020-11-02

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1987-07-17· cited 53×
• State v. Bassett
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1982-07-01· cited 19×
• State v. Fontaine
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1989-05-31· cited 17×
• State v. Tavares
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-06-14· cited 13×
• State v. Messa
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1988-05-20· cited 6×
• State v. Burke
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1989-06-15· cited 4×