State v. Edward Peoples.

Summary

The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed Edward Peoples' conviction for child molestation, holding that the trial judge did not abuse discretion in limiting cross‑examination about a third‑party perpetrator and that the judge properly denied the motion for a new trial. The court applied the abuse‑of‑discretion standard to the cross‑examination issue and gave great deference to the trial judge’s credibility assessment on the new‑trial motion. The judgment of the Superior Court was affirmed and the case remanded.