State v. St. Jean

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

On June 21, 1985, a multi-count indictment was returned charging Ronald St. Jean (St. Jean) with the commission of two counts of reckless driving, death resulting, and two counts of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants, death resulting. Later, in mid-March 1987, a Superior Court jury returned guilty verdicts on all four counts. St. Jean is now before us on an appeal in which his counsel has argued that a new trial must be awarded because of the numerous erroneous evi-dentiary rulings made by the trial justice.

The relevant facts are as follows.…