Tassone v. State

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

Gary Tassone (Tassone or applicant) appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court denying his application for postcon-viction relief. Before this Court, Tassone contends that the hearing justice erred in (1) denying his application for postconviction relief without conducting an evidentia-ry hearing and (2) wrongly dismissing his assertions of ineffective assistance of counsel. Tassone argues that these errors warrant remand to the Superior Court for an evidentiary hearing. This case came before the Supreme Court for oral argument on February 8, 2012,…