State v. D'AMARIO

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of the defendant, Arthur D’Amario, III. Following a bail-violation hearing in the Superior Court, the defendant entered into a plea agreement that restricted his pro se access to the courts for a period of three years, an agreement that he later challenged. Following the trial justice’s denial of his motion to “correct an illegal sentence or to correct a sentence imposed in an illegal manner,” the defendant appealed. For the reasons stated below, we uphold the order as modified by this opinion. A summary of the…