State v. Earley

In November 1974, a Newport grand jury returned two indictments. One charged the defendant, William K. Farley, and the other charged the defendant, Charles Tuz, with having assaulted one Ealph O’Neil with ■a dangerous weapon. Later, in June 1975, a Superior Court jury found the defendants guilty as charged. In this appeal they challenge several evidentiary rulings made by the trial justice. Hereinafter we will refer to the defendants by their last names.

One of the witnesses for the prosecution was Daniel Jackson. In exchange for a promise of immunity, Jackson testified that during the…