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STATE v. PETTIS

No. 84-129-C.A.

488 A.2d 704 (1985)

STATE v. George A. PETTIS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Barry N. Capalbo, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, for plaintiff.

William F. Reilly, Public Defender, Barbara Hurst, Asst. Public Defender, Chief Appellate Div., Paula Rosin, Asst. Public Defender, Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction entered by a Superior Court justice sitting with a jury on a charge of first-degree sexual assault upon a mentally retarded thirteen-year-old girl, in violation of G.L. 1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-37-2.1 The trial justice denied the defendant's motion for a judgment of acquittal and for a new trial.

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