State v. Mustapha Bojang

Justice FLAHERTY,

with whom Justice ROBINSON joins with the exception of footnote seven, dissenting in part and concurring in part.

I respectfully dissent from that part of the Court’s opinion remanding this case to the trial justice for “additional findings of fact and credibility determinations regarding the first interview,” but also leaving the trial justice with the discretion to allow further testimony. In my opinion, the remand should be limited to fact-finding and credibility determinations based solely on the record of the suppression hearing.

To support its mandate, the majority cites…