Legal Opinion
In Re Ouimette
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 21, 1975No. 75-4-M. PPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelleher, J.
We have issued our writ of certiorari to consider the petitioner’s contention that his conviction on a charge that he conspired with others to murder Michael Greene and Homer George Perkins is the direct result of the denial of his right to due process because the prosecution suppressed evidence which favored the petitioner.
The conspiracy trial was held before a Superior Court jury in early 1972. The trial lasted 8 weeks. The prosecution’s main witness was William H. Miller, Jr. Miller told the trial justice and the jury that he had met petitioner while they were both incarcerated at the…
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