State v. Thomas

OPINION

Chief Justice WILLIAMS,

for the Court.

In this highly publicized case involving the Rhode Island State Police’s execution of a search warrant at a smoke shop 1 operated by the Narragansett Indian Tribe over four years ago, six tribe members, who face criminal misdemeanor charges, seek to elicit testimony at trial from Governor Donald L. Carcieri (the Governor). The Governor, contending that he is protected from having to testify, petitioned this Court for a writ of certiora-ri after the Superior Court issued an, order in which it declined to quash a subpoena that had been issued to him.…