Joost v. State, 98-0972 (2000)

DECISION

This cause is before the Court on the summary disposition motion of petitioner Robert M. Joost in proceedings brought by him pursuant to the provisions of Title 10 Chapter 9.1 Section 1et. seq. of the General Laws of Rhode Island 1956, 1997 reenactment, the so-called Post Conviction Remedy statute and the state's response thereto.

The record before the Court discloses that petitioner, at the time of his arrest in 1963, was 19 years old with a seventh grade education. Petitioner was arrested on numerous charges, pleaded not guilty, and was held without bail at the Adult Correctional…