STATE v. VACCARO

No. 76-191-C.A.

403 A.2d 649 (1979)

STATE v. Michael B. VACCARO.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., E. Martin Stutchfield, John G. Hellew, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff.

William F. Reilly, Public Defender, Barbara Hurst, John A. MacFadyen III, Dale G. Anderson, Asst. Public Defenders, for defendant.


OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

In this criminal appeal we are asked to determine whether state and federal constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment are violated by the imposition of a mandatory life sentence. We are also requested to decide whether the "right of allocution" contained in art. I, § 10, of our state constitution grants to the Superior Court the power to mitigate a punishment previously established by the Legislature...

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