State v. DeMasi

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

The defendant Ralph DeMasi appeals from denial of his motion to vacate a sentence imposed under authority of G.L.. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 12-19-21 upon being deemed a habitual criminal. He claims that the sentence resulted from selective enforcement of § 12-19-21 in contravention of the due process and equal-protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

On November 17, 1976, a Superior Court jury convicted DeMasi on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, a charge stemming from an incident in the Adult Correctional Institutions…