State v. Wisehart
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Chief Justice.
This case is before us on an appeal by the defendant, Thomas Wisehart (Wise-hart), from a Superior Court denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence. We affirm.
The facts relevant to this appeal are as follows. On October 6, 1975, a grand jury handed down indictment No. W2/75-163 *435charging defendant with one count of possession of a controlled substance and one count of delivery of a controlled substance. On December 1, 1975, defendant pleaded nolo contendere to both counts. The trial court imposed a one-year suspended sentence with five years’ probation for the…
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