Legal Opinion
State v. Feng
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided October 8, 1980No. 77-274-M.PPublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY, Justice.
The applicant F. David Feng appeals from denial of his application for postcon-viction relief, filed 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. He challenges his convictions, asserting, among other claims, that they rest on invalid pleas of nolo contendere. He requests this court to vacate the pleas and to reinstate his earlier pleas of not guilty.
In the spring of 1975, applicant Feng and his college roommate, Steven C. Root, sold 100 capsules of the controlled substance phendimetrazine to a federal…
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