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STATE v. FARIA

No. 2006-278-M.P.

947 A.2d 863 (2008)

STATE of Rhode Island v. Brian FARIA.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 23, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawson M. Hodgson, Esq., for plaintiff.

John F. Cicilline, Esq., for defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, and ROBINSON, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.

We consider in this case an equal-protection challenge to statutory provisions that prohibit convicted felons from seeking the destruction and/or sealing of certain police and court records relating to criminal cases in which they have been acquitted or otherwise exonerated. We issued a writ of certiorari to review a District Court decision granting motions to destroy and to seal records of the defendant, Brian Faria...

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