Legal Opinion
Thomas P. Bowling v. George A. Vose, Director of the Department of Corrections, State of Rhode Island
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 10, 1993No. 93-1037PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
In this habeas corpus action, appellant was convicted of first-degree arson in Rhode Island. He claims that the trial judge excluded an alibi witness in violation of his Sixth Amendment rights, and we agree.
In the prosecution’s request for discovery information prior to trial, the prosecution specified that the suspect fire started between 11:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m., on June 7, 1986, at his apartment building in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In complying with the request appellant did not aver an alibi defense, although Rhode Island Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 requires a…
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