Listen to this article Where a Pawtucket Municipal Court judge sustained a charged violation of G.L. §31-17-2 (“Vehicles Turning Left/Right – Failure to Yield Right of Way”), the motorist’s appeal is untimely and meritless, so the judge’s decision should be affirmed. “At trial, Officer Levasseur testified that on November 10, 2023 at approximately 12:38 p.m. … Read more
Listen to this article The Rhode Island Department of Housing will begin seeking the Department of Administration’s approval before hiring subcontractors rather than funneling them through a Providence law firm, the Providence Journal has reported. The announcement comes after the Journal reported that now-former Housing Secretary Stefan Pryor had used Savage Law Partners to “leapfrog” … Read more
Listen to this article The Rhode Island Supreme Court has reversed a Superior Court judge’s decision to deny a defendant’s request for discharge from detention orders of commitment filed in two underlying criminal matters. Defendant Edward Mather, who was found incompetent to stand trial, was placed in an outpatient facility, LaBelle House Group Home. When … Read more
Listen to this article A defendant’s criminal convictions have been upheld by the Rhode Island Supreme Court despite his challenge to the trial court’s decision to allow the state to strike a prospective juror. The defendant, Dari Garcia, argued that the trial judge erred in allowing the state to strike a prospective minority juror in … Read more
Listen to this article A Warwick civil rights lawyer has written a letter to Providence officials complaining of a continuing pattern of constitutional violations by police officers who allegedly detain and arrest individuals for essentially doing nothing more than “Walking While Black.” “There is a detailed and growing record establishing that the City has utterly … Read more