Mastracchio v. Houle

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

These appeals come before us in connection with an application by Gerlardo Mast- racchio (applicant) for postconviction relief pursuant to the provisions of chapter 9.1 of title 10, G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment), as enacted by P.L.1974, ch. 220, § 3. This statute now provides the exclusive remedy to be utilized for appropriate collateral attack upon a criminal conviction on any ground of alleged error heretofore available under common-law or statutory postconviction remedies. Section 10-9.1-l(b). It is not designed as a substitute for direct review of the conviction…