State v. DeWitt
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Justice.
This case comes before us on appeal by the defendant from an order of the Superi- or Court both granting the state’s motion to correct sentence and denying the defendant’s motion to reduce sentence. We affirm the order of the trial justice granting the state’s motion to correct sentence and vacate the trial justice’s order denying the defendant’s motion to reduce sentence. The facts of the case insofar as pertinent to this appeal are as follows.
On July 7, 1977, a Providence County grand jury returned a six count indictment against defendant, Frederick E. DeWitt. On…
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