Legal Opinion
Clark v. Ellerthorpe
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 30, 1989No. 88-53-C.APublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The petitioner, Sidney A. Clark (Clark), the defendant in State v. Clark, 423 A.2d 1151 (R.I.1980), appeals from a Superior Court judgment denying his application for postconviction relief. The case came before this court on December 12, 1988, pursuant to an order directing both parties to show cause why the issues raised by this appeal should not be summarily decided. After careful consideration of the record and memoranda submitted by both parties and after hearing the arguments of counsel, we are of the opinion that cause has not been shown.
In November of 1974 Clark attacked a…
3Cases cited19 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sidney A. Clark v. Donald TaylorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
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4Cited by7 opinions
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- Clark v. MoranDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1990
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