Anthony Perkins v. State of Rhode Island

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

Anthony Perkins’s application for post-conviction relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel was denied in the Superi- or Court, and he appealed to this Court, contending that the trial justice’s decision was in error. This case came before the Supreme Court on October 2, 2013, pursuant to an order directing the parties to show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not summarily be decided. We have considered the record and the written and oral submissions of the parties, conclude that cause has not been shown, and proceed to decide the…