State v. Mancine

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

GARIBALDI, J.

Defendant, Robert J. Mancine, was indicted for murder, tampering with a witness, and other related weapons charges arising from the killing of Raymond Mullin, Jr. A jury convicted him of aggravated manslaughter and tampering with a witness, and acquitted him of all other charges. The substantive evidence primarily supporting defendant’s convictions was the recanted prior inconsistent statements of Bernadette Hohney.

The principal issue is the effect that the “presence or absence of corroborating evidence” has on the use of Hohney’s recanted…