City of Pawtucket v. Nichalas Laprade

FLAHERTY, J. and INDEGLIA, J.,

dissenting.

After much reflection, we must respectfully dissent from the majority’s holding that the Presiding Justice acted without jurisdiction and beyond her authority and that the trial justice erred in affirming that action. We further conclude that the trial justice erred when she held that the hearing committee’s refusal to take judicial notice of Laprade’s conviction was reasonable.

While we agree with the majority that ordinarily, “[ljetters, motions, and other documents addressed or provided to justices of the Superior Court do not constitute complaints *…