Supreme Court of Rhode Island

State v. Jose A. Rodriguez — Robinson, J., Concurring

June 17, 20102010 R.I. LEXIS 87

Summary

Justice Robinson concurs with the Court’s judgment affirming the denial of the defendant’s motions for judgment of acquittal and a new trial. He agrees the prior drug‑transaction testimony was admissible under the intent exception to Rule 404(b) but dissents from the majority’s extensive analysis of Rule 404(b), arguing that the rule is fundamentally exclusionary and that a rebuttable presumption against admissibility should apply.