| Cassandra Constantino v. Zsolt Orban | 7/17/2026 4:00:00 AM;2026-07-17T04:00:00Z | 2025-0082-Appeal. | In this divorce action, the defendant, Zsolt Orban, appealed pro se from a Family Court decision pending the entry of final judgment. Orban challenged the distribution of several marital assets and the trial justice’s award of attorneys’ fees to the plaintiff, Cassandra Constantino. The Supreme Court held that the trial justice did not abuse his discretion in his determinations regarding the equitable division and award of attorneys’ fees. Accordingly, the Court affirmed the decision of the Family Court. |
| State v. Quelon Page | 7/16/2026 4:00:00 AM;2026-07-16T04:00:00Z | 2025-0050-C.A. | The defendant, Quelon Page, appealed from a Superior Court judgment of conviction following a trial at which the jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit an assault with a dangerous weapon, discharge of a firearm when committing a crime of violence resulting in death, and carrying a pistol or revolver without a license or permit. On appeal, the defendant argued that the trial justice erred in denying his motion for a new trial because the verdict was against the fair preponderance of the evidence and the trial justice’s decision “failed to point to any evidence that showed [the defendant] was the shooter.” The Supreme Court held that the trial justice erred in denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial because she failed to articulate a sufficient rationale in support of her conclusion that reasonable minds could differ as to the defendant’s culpability for the charged offenses. Accordingly, the Supreme Court vacated the trial justice’s decision denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial and remanded the matter for a new hearing on the motion for a new trial. |
| Terrel Barros v. State of Rhode Island | 7/16/2026 4:00:00 AM;2026-07-16T04:00:00Z | 2023-0308-M.P. | The Supreme Court granted the state’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review a Superior Court judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Terrel Barros, on his application for postconviction relief. Before the Court, the state argued that the hearing justice erred in sustaining Mr. Barros’s claims and granting his application for postconviction relief. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Superior Court granting Mr. Barros’s application for postconviction relief on the basis of newly discovered evidence and remanded the record of the case to the Superior Court. |
| Department of Labor and Training v. Department of Labor and Training, Board of Review (Valerie Borrelli) | 7/16/2026 4:00:00 AM;2026-07-16T04:00:00Z | AA-2025-0089 | |
| Stanley Joseph v. State of Rhode Island (Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal Appeals Panel) | 7/16/2026 4:00:00 AM;2026-07-16T04:00:00Z | AA-2025-0065 | |
| National Security Corporation v. Department of Labor and Training, Board of Review (Thomas Botelho) | 7/16/2026 4:00:00 AM;2026-07-16T04:00:00Z | AA-2025-0050 | |
| North Providence Primary Care v. Department of Labor and Training, Board of Review | 7/16/2026 4:00:00 AM;2026-07-16T04:00:00Z | AA-2022-0225 | |
| West Glocester LLC and Factory Mutual Insurance Company v. Jessica Parker, in her capacity as Tax Assessor for the Town of Glocester | 7/15/2026 4:00:00 AM;2026-07-15T04:00:00Z | PC-2025-5414 | |
| State v. Noel Ignacio Moronta | 7/15/2026 4:00:00 AM;2026-07-15T04:00:00Z | 2025-0083-C.A. | Noel Ignacio Moronta appealed from a judgment of conviction and commitment following a bench trial at which he was found guilty of failing to report a death with the intention of concealing a crime, to wit, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and a number of other crimes relating to possession and intent to deliver fentanyl, xylazine, and cocaine. On appeal, Mr. Moronta argued that police officers entered an apartment without a warrant in the absence of exigent circumstances and that the trial justice erred in denying his motion to suppress the fruits of the warrantless search. The Supreme Court concluded that the trial justice erred in denying Mr. Moronta’s motion to suppress. Accordingly, the Supreme Court vacated his conviction and remanded the case to the Superior Court for a new trial. |
| Galbin Fernandez, in his capacity as the Administrator of the Estate of Eva Pena v. Rhode Island Public Transit Authority et al. | 7/15/2026 4:00:00 AM;2026-07-15T04:00:00Z | 2025-0045-Appeal. | The plaintiff, Galbin Fernandez, in his capacity as the Administrator of the Estate of Eva Pena, appealed from a Superior Court order denying his motion for a new trial, which he filed after a jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant, Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (defendant or RIPTA). On appeal, the plaintiff argued that the trial justice erred in admitting into evidence the alleged statements of Pena to a RIPTA supervisor, statements which were procured through an unidentified Spanish interpreter. The Supreme Court held that the trial justice abused her discretion in admitting the challenged statements into evidence, reversed the Superior Court order denying the plaintiff’s motion, and remanded the case for a new trial. |