Opinion ID: 566793
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: He would have already had them, Ma'am.

Text: 46 Q. He would have had it? 47 A. Yes, Ma'am. 48 Q. And he would have had that as a result of your efforts? 49 A. Yes, Ma'am. He would have had all the records of all the individuals that were involved. 50 Evidentiary Hearing Transcript, Giblin Testimony at 27-28. 51 Captain Pare, in response to the magistrate's questions, answered that it was common practice for his office to turn over to the prosecutor all criminal records in his possession. 52 THE MAGISTRATE: Captain, tell me, is it routine practice and procedure in police work to obtain criminal histories of those suspected of being, as in this case, a lead robber? 53 THE WITNESS: It is routine, yes, your honor. 54 THE MAGISTRATE: Was that routinely done in this case? 55 THE WITNESS: I would say yes. 56 THE MAGISTRATE: And was that done while the trial was ongoing in the Ouimette case? 57 . . . . . 58 THE WITNESS: I would say probably before trial occurred. 59 THE MAGISTRATE: And thus the so-called record of approximately 21 convictions was know[n] to the police, was it not, involving this so-called lead robber, Dussault? 60 MR. GORMAN: [attorney for State] Your Honor, I'm not sure that the record shows that this witness is aware of any particular number of-- 61 THE MAGISTRATE: Well, he just answered that that's the common practice. Was it done in this case? He said yes, it was.... 62 Evidentiary Hearing Transcript, Pare Testimony at 23-24. 63 Even the state trial court judge in Rhode Island expressed amazement at the prosecutor's statement regarding Dussault's truncated record before the court: He [Dussault] testified he had been involved for 20 years, and I was sort of surprise [sic] the only convictions presented were four, and they seem to be minor ones. Petitioner's Supplemental Record Appendix, no. 9 (Justice Giannini at bench conference, July 26, 1976).