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October 31, 2007

Carcieri's lawyer to argue before high court

PROVIDENCE -- A lawyer for Governor Carcieri is scheduled to go before the state Supreme Court to argue that Carcieri shouldn't have to testify in a trial over a violent raid at a Narragansett Indian smoke shop in 2003.

Seven tribe members face criminal charges ranging from disorderly conduct to assault for the state police raid on the shop, which was not charging taxes on cigarettes.

Defense lawyers want Carcieri to testify about an order he says he gave to police to pull back if they met resistance. Instead, a fight erupted between tribe members and police.

A Superior Court judge has said Carcieri's testimony could be relevant.

Carcieri's lawyer says executive privilege protects him from being forced to testify.

-- The Associated Press

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