Legal Opinion

Evans v. Wall

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided December 4, 2006No. 2004-276-AppealPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

The applicant, Dennis R. Evans, appeals from the Superior Court’s denial of his application for postconviction relief. This case came before the Supreme Court for oral argument pursuant to an order directing the parties to show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not summarily be decided. After hearing the arguments of counsel and reviewing the memoranda submitted by the parties, we are of the opinion that this appeal may be decided at this time, without further briefing or argument. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm the judgment of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Wheat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Jeffrey D. Hill v. Betty Mitchell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
  4. Bustamante v. WallSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
  5. State v. D'ALOSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Asare v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2008
  2. Keenan v. StateSuperior Court of Rhode Island · 2008
  3. Roscoe v. StateSuperior Court of Rhode Island · 2009
  4. State v. OliverSuperior Court of Rhode Island · 2008
  5. Tassone v. StateSuperior Court of Rhode Island · 2010

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