Legal Opinion

Sifuentes v. State

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided May 7, 2012No. 2010-7-M.PPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

The applicant, Rudy Sifuentes, by way of a writ of certiorari, seeks review of a Superior Court judgment denying his application for postconviction relief. The applicant argues that the hearing justice erred in denying his application for post-conviction relief by accepting “the memo-randa of investigating counsel in lieu of evidence.” This case came before the Supreme Court for oral argument pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear and show cause why the issues raised in this case should not summarily be decided. After reviewing the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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