Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided December 2, 2011No. 2010-228-AppealPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA,

for the Court.

The applicant, Gerald M. Brown (applicant or Brown), appeals pro se from a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing his second application for postconviction relief. On appeal, Brown contends that the hearing justice (1) failed to provide Brown an opportunity for a full and fan-hearing as a pro se applicant; (2) erroneously denied his claim of newly discovered evidence; (3) improperly rejected his claim of unlawful incarceration; and (4) wrongly dismissed his assertions of ineffective assistance of counsel based on prior counsels’ failure to raise a…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Shatney v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2000
  3. Mattatall v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2008
  4. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1993
  5. Carillo v. MoranSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  4. Tassone v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2012
  5. Firlando Rivera v. State of Rhode IslandSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2013

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