State v. Eileen Morrice

OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.

The defendant, Eileen Morrice, appeals from the denial of her motion to seal records pursuant to G.L.1956 § 12 — 19—19(c) and G.L.1956 § 12-1-12. Specifically, the defendant asserts that the trial justice erred: (1) in finding that the plain and ordinary meaning of the statute did not entitle the defendant to relief; by refusing to apply § 12 — 19—19(c) retroactively; (2) in finding that the amended provision violates the separation-of-powers doctrine; and (3) in declining to sever the “shall be exonerated” portion of the statute from the “shall be…