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Supreme Court No. 2002-393-M.P. (K1/88-395A) (KM97-555)

Edmond J. Brown v. State of Rhode Island.

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NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Rhode Island Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Opinion Analyst, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 250 Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, at Telephone 2223258 of any typographical or other formal errors in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published.

Supreme Court No. 2002-393-M.P. (K1/88-395A) (KM97-555)

Edmond J. Brown v. State of Rhode Island.

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Present: Williams, C.J., Flanders, Goldberg, Flaherty, and Suttell, JJ. OPINION PER CURIAM. We review here on certiorari the denial of Edmond J. Brown's (Brown or applicant) application for post-conviction relief. Discerning no merit in any of the arguments he raises, we affirm the Superior Court judgment denying this petition. Convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault and child molestation committed against his stepdaughter,1 Brown appealed to this Court, which vacated the convictions on appeal and remanded for a new trial. See State v. Brown, 574 A.2d 745, 749 (R.I. 1990). After a retrial,

______________________________________________________________________________ 1 Specifically, the indictment alleged in counts 1 through 3 that between July 1, 1979 and May 3, 1984, Brown engaged in sexual penetration with a person thirteen years old or under in violation of G.L. 1956

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