Sharbuno v. Moran

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case comes before us on an appeal from a denial of an application for postcon-viction relief pursuant to G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §§ 10-9.1-1 through 10-9.1-9, as enacted by P.L. 1974, ch. 220, § 3. The trial justice denied the petitioner’s requested relief. He did fashion a partial remedy on the petitioner’s behalf by granting the petitioner a new trial on the possession counts of the indictments. The petitioner now presents claims of error allegedly committed by the trial justice.

The petitioner was originally tried on four counts of a five-count indictment,…