Opinion ID: 1481170
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Heading: The Alston Trial

Text: Mr. Alston was tried and convicted of felony conspiracy, breaking and entering a dwelling, and felony assault. He was then sentenced to a total of seventeen years imprisonment, including consecutive terms of: (1) ten years on the conspiracy charge (five years to be served at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) and five years suspended, with probation); (2) fifteen years on the breaking and entering charge (five years to be served at the ACI and ten years suspended, with probation); and (3) ten years on the assault charge (seven years to be served and three years suspended, with probation). In addition to his seventeen-year sentence, Mr. Alston had a previously suspended sentence revoked, resulting in an additional seven-year sentence. Subsequently, Mr. Alston appealed his conviction, which was vacated by this Court on the grounds that the trial justice erred by admitting Mr. Coleman's confession into evidence at trial. State v. Alston, 900 A.2d 1212, 1221 (R.I.2006). Mr. Alston was retried in April 2008, and, for a second time, was convicted of felony conspiracy, breaking and entering, and felony assault. This time, Mr. Alston was sentenced to a total of forty years imprisonment, consisting of: (1) ten years for conspiracy to commit breaking and entering; (2) ten years for breaking and entering; and (3) twenty years for felony assault. He was sentenced to serve all terms consecutively. B