State v. D'ALO

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a denial by the Superior Court of the defendant’s petition for postconviction relief. The defendant was convicted in 1980 by a Superior Court jury of conspiracy to commit robbery and kidnapping. His conviction was subsequently affirmed by this court in State v. D’Alo, 435 A.2d 317 (R.I.1981). Thereafter, the defendant petitioned the Superior Court for postconviction relief pursuant to G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 10-9.1-1, as enacted by P.L. 1974, ch. 220, § 3, on the ground that he was deprived of his state and federal constitutional right to…