Alessio v. State

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

Russell Alessio (Alessio or applicant) currently is serving a sentence of twenty years, with fifteen years to serve, at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), and the other five years suspended. He filed an application in the Superior Court on November 20, 2002, seeking postconviction relief, alleging both ineffective assistance of counsel and that his sentence was unconstitutionally harsh. After a hearing on July 15, 2005, a justice of the Superior Court denied the application, and judgment was entered on March 2, 2007. Ales-sio timely appealed. 1

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