Fontaine v. State

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This case comes before us on the appeal of Arthur Fontaine (applicant) from the denial of his application for postconviction relief pursuant to G.L.1956 (1985 Reenactment) § 10-9.1-l(a)(4). We affirm the decision of the trial justice finding the recanting testimony of the complaining witnesses incredible and therefore denying the applicant postconviction relief. The relevant facts are as follows.

On August 31, 1982, the Superior Court sentenced applicant to ten years’ imprisonment after he pleaded nolo contendere to charges of third-degree sexual assault in violation…