State v. Barkmeyer
Annotate this CaseA jury convicted Defendant Ronald Barkmeyer of first-degree child molestation. The trial justice sentenced Defendant to fifty years incarceration, with thirty years to serve and the remaining twenty years suspended, with probation. Thereafter, Defendant moved for a reduced sentence. The superior court denied the motion. The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the superior court, holding that the trial justice (1) did not abuse his discretion in failing to afford much, if any, weight to defendant's prison behavior or rehabilitative efforts, and (2) properly exercised his discretion in not bestowing upon Defendant the leniency he requested and confirming Defendant's sentence.
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