State v. Evans

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

Before this court is the appeal of Dennis R. Evans (defendant) from a Superior Court judgment of conviction. The decisive issues before us center on the question of whether the trial justice either should have excluded a state’s witness, Darrell Lee Kroll (Kroll), from testifying, or should have granted the defendant a mistrial because of the state’s failure to disclose fully to the defendant prior to trial not only Kroll’s complete criminal record but also the promises made and rewards given to him by the government in exchange for his testimony. The alleged negligent…