Legal Opinion

DeCiantis v. State

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 12, 2011No. 2008-156-AppealPublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON

for the Court.

The applicant, Anthony DeCiantis, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing his application for post-conviction relief. On appeal, the applicant contends that the hearing justice erred in four respects: (1) in incorrectly “characterizing” the applicant’s claim as being “that the state wrongfully failed to disclose only one of William Ferle’s charged crimes;” 1 (2) by erroneously “ruling that the [sjtate had no obligation to inform the [applicant] of William Ferle’s uncharged crimes;” (3) by erroneously “holding [applicant] to a higher…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Strickler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. United States v. James Vincent KeoghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
  4. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
  5. State v. WycheSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2011
  2. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2012
  3. State v. John H. SilvaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2014
  4. State v. Erwin GrantleySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2016
  5. State v. Willie WashingtonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2018

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