Carpenter v. State

OPINION

The applicant, David L. Carpenter (applicant or Carpenter), appeals from a Su perior Court order denying his application for post-conviction relief (PCR). After a prebriefing conference, a single justice of this Court ordered the parties to show cause why we should not decide this case summarily. Because neither party has done so, we proceed to decide the appeal at this time.

Pursuant to G.L.1956 § 10-9.1-9, “[a] final judgment entered in a[PCR] proceeding brought under this chapter shall be appealable to the [Sjupreme [Cjourt in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as a…