State v. Christopher S. Thornton

OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA,

for the Court.

In 1997, after representing himself at trial, Christopher S. Thornton was convicted of kidnapping, domestic felony assaults, intimidation of a witness, and violation of a no-contact order. This Court affirmed his convictions in State v. Thornton, 800 A.2d 1016, 1045 (R.I.2002), which sets forth the facts and procedural history of his prosecution. After Thornton filed for postcon-viction relief, the Superior Court denied his application. We affirmed that denial in Thornton v. State, 948 A.2d 312, 317 (R.I.2008). 1 In this appeal, which follows from the…