State v. Snell

OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA,

for the Court.

Curley Snell (Snell or defendant) appeals from an order denying his motion to reduce his sentence based on Rule 35(a) of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure. Specifically, the defendant challenges the trial justice’s reasoning for departing upwards from the Superior Court sentencing benchmarks and also for imposing consecutive, rather than concurrent sentences. The defendant maintains that his victims’ injuries were not life-threatening and that, therefore, this rationale could not form the basis for the trial justice’s allegedly severe…