State v. Turner

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This case comes before the Supreme Court on appeal by the defendant, Willie Turner, after his conviction in the Newport County Superior Court on two of three counts of unlawfully breaking into and entering a dwelling house in violation of G.L. 1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-8-2, as amended by P.L.1985, ch. 426, § 1. Acquitted on one count, the defendant was sentenced to ten years on each of the two remaining counts — seven years to serve, three years suspended, and three years’ probation upon release — sentences to run concurrently. We affirm.

On appeal defendant claims that…