Opinion ID: 2556812
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Postconviction Endeavors

Text: Subsequent to this Court's May 2004 opinion and order, sometime in early February 2005, [3] Laurence filed an application for postconviction relief, albeit in the underlying consolidated criminal case, rather than as a separate civil application. [4] See G.L.1956 § 10-9.1-3. Within his lengthy memorandum filed with the Superior Court (entitled Petition for Post Conviction Relief or Motion for a New Trial Rule 33) and the similar, although not identical, copy that Laurence sent to the state (entitled Memorandum in Support of Post Conviction), Laurence alleged various errors including that O'Connor provided ineffective assistance of counsel due to a conflict of interest, his Sixth Amendment rights were violated by being watched with a hidden camera that was concealed in his light fixture [at the ACI] before and during his criminal trial, and psychiatric records and photos were concealed at the suppression hearing by Sollitto, who Laurence also alleged failed to raise O'Connor's conflict of interest at the same pretrial hearing. Additionally, Laurence repeatedly asserted throughout his memoranda that his various court-appointed attorneys did not provide discovery to him after they withdrew from representation. 1