State v. Kenneth W. Keenan

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON,

for the Court.

This Court granted the State of Rhode Island’s petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the Superior Court’s grant of the defendant’s motion to reduce sentence pursuant to Rule 35 of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure. Upon granting the petition for a writ of certiorari, this Court specifically instructed the parties to address, inter alia, whether a motion to reduce sentence, once denied, may again be brought by the defendant and/or considered by the trial justice.

This case is before the Supreme Court pursuant to an order directing…