Rhode Island Supreme Court Holds Temporal Requirement of ‘Recent Fabrication’ Exception to Hearsay Rule Not Satisfied and Scribbled Note Made by Child Victim of Sexual Abuse Years After Alleged Events Not ‘Excited Utterance’ by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Thomas Clarke The Supreme Court of Rhode Island held that an alleged …

Hawaii Supreme Court: Trial Counsel Must Inform Defendant That Deportation ‘Will Be Required’ for Plea to Aggravated Felony, IAC for Advising Deportation ‘Almost Certain’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter THe Supreme Court of Hawaii held where defendant was precluded from discretionary relief from deportation as result of her …