RIZZUTO v. STATE


407 A.2d 225 (1979)

Mark S. RIZZUTO, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided October 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard F. Hillis, Asst. Public Defender, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.

Norman A. Barron, Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before McNEILLY, QUILLEN and HORSEY, Justices.


PER CURIAM:

The only issue raised on appeal relates to the defendant's conviction of rape in the first degree.1 The defendant argues that it was error for the Trial Judge to fail to define "sexual contact" in his charge to the jury. The Court properly charged that the State had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the required element of rape in the first degree that the victim had not previously...

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