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Burying Evidence's Dead Hand, Matthew D. Provencher Jan 2019

Burying Evidence's Dead Hand, Matthew D. Provencher

Roger Williams University Law Review

When the Rhode Island Rules of Evidence were adopted, they displaced all inconsistent case law existing at the time. Though the Rules retain a great deal of the evidence practice that preceded them, there is much in evidence practice that changed with their adoption. Rhode Island courts have consistently applied Rule 403 in a manner that comports with practice as it existed before the enactment of the Rhode Island Rules of Evidence. That practice, though, is inconsistent with the plain language of the Rule. These doctrines must be discarded.


Life And Civil Death In The Ocean State: Resurrecting Life-Prisoners’ Right To Access Courts In Rhode Island, James M. Kovach Jan 2019

Life And Civil Death In The Ocean State: Resurrecting Life-Prisoners’ Right To Access Courts In Rhode Island, James M. Kovach

Roger Williams University Law Review

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Appointments To The Legislature Under The Rhode Island Separation Of Powers Doctrine: The Hazards Of The Road Less Traveled, Sheldon Whitehouse Jan 1996

Appointments To The Legislature Under The Rhode Island Separation Of Powers Doctrine: The Hazards Of The Road Less Traveled, Sheldon Whitehouse

Roger Williams University Law Review

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