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STATE v. THOMAS

No. 2007-264-M.P.

936 A.2d 1278 (2007)

STATE v. Matthew THOMAS et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc DeSisto, Esq., Providence, for Governor Carcieri.

Pamela E. Chin, Esq., for the State of R.I.

William P. Devereaux, Esq., for Matthew Thomas et al.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, and ROBINSON, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice WILLIAMS, for the Court.

In this highly publicized case involving the Rhode Island State Police's execution of a search warrant at a smoke shop1 operated by the Narragansett Indian Tribe over four years ago, six tribe members, who face criminal misdemeanor charges, seek to elicit testimony at trial from Governor Donald L. Carcieri (the Governor). The Governor, contending that he is protected from having...

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