ALESSIO v. STATE

No. 2005-269-Appeal.

924 A.2d 751 (2007)

Russell ALESSIO v. STATE of Rhode Island.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark LaRoche, Esq., Providence, for Plaintiff.

Christopher R. Bush, Esq., for Defendant.

Present: FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, and ROBINSON, JJ.


OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

Russell Alessio (Alessio or applicant) currently is serving a sentence of twenty years, with fifteen years to serve, at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), and the other five years suspended. He filed an application in the Superior Court on November 20, 2002, seeking postconviction relief, alleging both ineffective assistance of counsel and that his sentence was unconstitutionally harsh. After a hearing on...

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