S2541

	2014 -- S 2541
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR
	ACTIONS -- POST-CONVICTION REMEDY

	Introduced By: Senators Lynch, and Lombardi
	Date Introduced: February 27, 2014
	Referred To: Senate Judiciary
	(by request)
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 10-9.1-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 10-9.1 entitled "Post
2	Conviction Remedy" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	10-9.1-9. Appeal. -- A final judgment entered in a proceeding brought under this chapter
4	shall be appealable to the supreme court in the same manner and subject to the same requirements
5	as a final judgment in a civil action. An aggrieved party may seek review of a final judgment
6	entered in a proceeding brought under this chapter by filing a petition for writ of certiorari in
7	accordance with the supreme court rules of appellate procedure within sixty (60) days of the entry
8	of the final judgment.
9	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR
	ACTIONS -- POST-CONVICTION REMEDY
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1	This act would provide that supreme court review of final judgments in post-conviction
2	relief proceedings be sought by the filing of a petition for writ of certiorari in accordance with the
3	supreme court rules of appellate procedure within sixty (60) days of the entry of final judgment.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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