Legal Opinion

Keenan v. State

Superior Court of Rhode Island

Decided April 23, 2008No. PM 2006-2072Published

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION

Before the Court is Petitioner's application for post-conviction relief. In 2003, Petitioner was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver. At that time, he was on a lengthy probationary sentence stemming from a 1996 conviction. After the Petitioner admitted violation, the Court revoked 12 years of his 1996 suspended sentence. He later pled nolo contendere to the 2003 charge and was sentenced to 30 years at the Adult Correctional Institution, with 14 years to serve and 16 years suspended with probation. The Petitioner now seeks post-conviction relief from…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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