SIMPSON v. STATE

No. 99-267-C.A.

769 A.2d 1257 (2001)

Elton SIMPSON v. STATE of Rhode Island.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Moretti, Cranston, for plaintiff.

Annie Goldberg, Jane M. McSoley, Providence, John E. Sullivan, III, Aaron L. Weisman, Providence, for defendant.

Present WEISBERGER, C.J., LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.


OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

Elton Simpson (Simpson) appeals from the Superior Court's denial of his application for postconviction relief filed pursuant to G.L. 1956 chapter 9.1 of title 10. He had been convicted of first-degree sexual assault, burglary, assault with a dangerous weapon, and breaking and entering. In his appeal, Simpson alleges that he was denied his federal Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel at his Superior...

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