State v. Ricci

These petitions for certiorari were brought in two criminal cases, each seeking a review of a ruling of the respective courts, one denying and one granting a motion for pretrial criminal discovery pursuant to the provisions of G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §12-17-16. In one of these cases a justice of the Superior Court rested his denial of disclosure on statutory grounds, contending that the scope of disclosure contemplated in §12-17-16 was limited by the provisions of the criminal bill of particulars act, §12-12-9. In the other, the Attorney General as petitioner seeks a review of a ruling…