State v. Almonte

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Acting Chief Justice.

This case comes before us on four questions of law certified by the Superior Court. The four certified questions are as follows:

“1. Does the Privileged Communications Act, § 9-17-24, violate Article 5 of the Rhode Island Constitution as an unconstitutional intrusion upon the function of the Judiciary?

“2. Does the Privileged Communications Act, § 9-17-24, violate Article 1, § 5, of the Rhode Island Constitution by denying a litigant, in this instance the State, the right to fully and fairly litigate its criminal prosecution of the defendant?

“3. Does the…