STATE v. LaPOINTE

No. 86-187-C.A.

525 A.2d 913 (1987)

STATE v. Richard A. LaPOINTE.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. O'Neil, Atty. Gen., Thomas Dickinson, Jane M. McSoley, Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff.

William Reilly, Public Defender, Barbara Hurst, Janice M. Weisfeld, Asst. Public Defenders, for defendant.


OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

The defendant, Richard A. LaPointe, was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and appeals. We affirm.

The defendant's stepson, the only witness in the case, testified that he woke up early one morning to find defendant's penis in his mouth. The jury believed the stepson, convicting defendant. The trial justice also believed the stepson, denying defendant's motion for a new trial. On appeal defendant asserts that (1) the...

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