Credibility

The Defendant appealed the trial magistrate’s decision to sustain the charged violation of R.I.G.L. 1956 § 31-28-7 (handicap parking violation and wrongful use). Here, the Officer cited the Defendant for using another person’s expired handicap placard and the Defendant argued that the trial magistrate erred in believing the Officer’s testimony. The Panel held that the trial magistrate did not err because he found the Officer’s testimony credible and sufficient after listening to the testimony of both witnesses. Accordingly, the Panel upheld the trial magistrate’s decision to sustain the violation.

City of Providence v. Carolyn Gamble-Rivers, C.A. No. T14-0025 (April 3, 2015).pdf