STATE v. CIRESI

Nos. 2010-253-C.A., 2010-254-C.A.

45 A.3d 1201 (2012)

STATE v. Michael CIRESI.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren S. Zurier , Department of Attorney General, Providence, for State.

George J. West, Esq. , Providence, for Defendant.

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


OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA, for the Court.

"It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it."1 Strangely enough, the case before this Court involves a cast of characters called upon to recount their many bad deeds to build "good" reputations — or, at the very least, credible ones. In early 2008, over the course of a lengthy jury trial, the state presented approximately thirty witnesses...

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