STATE v. MERCURIO

No. 2012-219-C.A.

89 A.3d 813 (2014)

STATE v. Thomas MERCURIO.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane M. McSoley , Department of Attorney General, for State.

Janice M. Weisfeld , Office of the Public Defender, for Defendant.

Present: Suttell, C.J., Goldberg, Flaherty, Robinson, and Indeglia, JJ.


OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA, for the Court.

The defendant Thomas Mercurio (Mercurio or defendant) appeals from his conviction on one count of resisting arrest. The defendant contends that the trial justice abused his discretion by permitting the prosecutor to inquire about three prior convictions for assault and, during cross-examination, erred in permitting the prosecutor to reveal that two of the defendant's prior...

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