STATE v. DeMASI

No. 78-36-C.A.

420 A.2d 1369 (1980)

STATE v. Ralph DeMASI.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

September 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., Forrest Avila, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

John Tramonti, Providence, Griffin & Higgins, Kirk Y. Griffin, Geline W. Williams, Boston, Mass., for defendant.


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.

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