State v. Diefenderfer

OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

The defendant, Roy Diefenderfer, appeals from a Superior Court order denying his motion to reduce his sentence. As grounds for his appeal, the defendant argues that the hearing justice — a different justice from the one who originally sentenced the defendant — did not apply the correct standard in denying the defendant’s sentence-reduction motion. Specifically, the defendant asserts that the hearing justice erroneously applied the appellate standard of review. This case came before the Supreme Court pursuant to an order directing the parties to…