Supreme Court of Rhode Island March 10, 2000, No. 97-408-C.A. (State v. Medina)

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

Convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing to death one of the participants in a street brawl, the defendant, Rafael Medina (Medina), claims the trial justice committed reversible errors when he (1) denied his new trial motion, (2) refused to bar the prosecution from using his prior drug conviction for impeachment purposes (and then failed to issue an immediate