STATE v. LOPES

Nos. 93-342-MP, 94-408-M.P.

660 A.2d 707 (1995)

STATE v. Jorge LOPES.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Pine, Atty. Gen., Aaron Weisman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lauren S. Zurier, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Andrew Berg, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

Richard Casparian, Public Defender, Janice Weisfeld, Asst. Public Defender, R. Daniel Prentiss (ACLU), Lynette Labinger (Gay & Lesbian Advocate), Mary June Ciresi (RI Criminal Defense Lawyers), Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter came before the Supreme Court following our grant of cross-petitions for the issuance of writs of certiorari filed by the Attorney General and the defendant. After a Superior Court jury trial the defendant, Jorge Lopes, was found guilty of two counts of the abominable and detestable crime against nature in violation of G.L. 1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-10-1. The trial justice granted defendant's motion for arrest of...

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