STATE v. WIGGIN

No. 618-Ex. &c.

256 A.2d 219 (1969)

STATE, v. Clifford W. WIGGIN.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert F. DeSimone, Atty. Gen., Donald P. Ryan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

Matthew J. Faerber, Joseph M. Hall, Newport, for defendant.


OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This indictment for rape was tried to a justice and jury of the superior court. The defendant was found guilty. The trial justice denied his motion for a new trial and sentenced him to a term of 10 years imprisonment. The matter is now before us on the defendant's exception to the trial justice's denial of his motion.

The prosecutrix was an 18-year-old housewife and mother at the...

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