Legal Opinion

State v. Bouffard

Superior Court of Rhode Island

Decided May 6, 2009No. C.A. Nos. P2-1997-3061A, P2-2000-2368APublished

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION

Before this Court is George Bouffard's ("Defendant's") motion pursuant to Super. R. Crim. P. 35 ("Rule 35"), 1 seeking release from what he characterizes as either an illegal sentence or a sentence imposed in an illegal manner. For the reasons set forth below, this Court grants Defendant's Rule 35 motion as it applies to the sentence imposed in case number P2-1997-3061A. However, this Court orders Defendant committed to the Adult Correctional Institutions ("ACI") to serve seven years on case number P2-2000-2368A, with this sentence made retroactive to the date Defendant was first…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. United States v. Juan Pimienta-Redondo, United States of America v. Alfredo PupoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  2. State v. TexieiraSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2008
  3. State v. BouffardSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2008
  4. State v. ChabotSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
  5. State v. ChristodalSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2008

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