State v. Scanlon
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Timothy Scanlon was found guilty on six counts related to the sexual assault of a woman. The trial justice sentenced Scanlon to fifty years to serve concurrently on each of the first four counts and a suspended sentence of twenty years, with twenty years of probation on the remaining two counts. Scanlon subsequently filed a timely motion to reduce sentence. The hearing justice entered an order denying Scanlon's motion to reduce. The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the superior court, holding that the hearing justice did not abuse his discretion (1) in refusing to consider sentences that had been meted out to persons who Scanlon contended were similarly situation to him, and (2) by failing to afford Scanlon leniency in view of his family situation.
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