State v. Kathleen McKinnon-Conneally

OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

The defendant, Kathleen McKinnon-Conneally, 1 appeals from a Superior Court judgment finding her to be in violation of the terms of her probation and sentencing her to serve the eight and one-half years remaining on her previously suspended sentence. On appeal, the defendant argues that the hearing justice imposed an excessive sentence for her probation violation. This case came before the Supreme Court pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear and show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not be summarily decided. After…