Colin B. Foote Act

Defendant appealed the decision of the Appeals Panel sustaining the violations of R.I.G.L. 1956 § 31-14-2 (prima facie limits) and R.I.G.L. 1956 § 31-22-22 (Safety belt use—child restraint).  The Appeals Panel held that the trial judge did not make specific findings of fact that the defendant had been convicted of four specific moving violations within an eighteen month period as required by the statute. Additionaly, the Court held that the trial judge erred by only sentencing the defendant to twenty-five hours of community service instead of the statutory minimum of sixty.  Accordingly, the Court remanded the case to the trial judge to make specific findings of fact and to impose to proper sentence. 

State of Rhode Island v. Inam Islam, C.A. No. T12-0021 (June 26, 2012).pdf