STATE v. HOPKINS

No. 96-212-C.A.

698 A.2d 183 (1997)

STATE v. Charles A. HOPKINS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron L. Weisman, Jane M. McSoley, Asst. Attorneys General, for Plaintiff.

Paula Lynch Hardiman, Paula Rosin, Asst. Public Defenders, for Defendant.

Before WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER and FLANDERS, JJ.


OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

The defendant, Charles A. Hopkins (Hopkins), urges us to overturn his conviction on five counts of sexually molesting his stepson when the boy was between nine and thirteen years old. To prove its case, the prosecution introduced not only the stepson's testimony but also evidence that Hopkins had allegedly sexually abused two other children when they were about the same age as the stepson: one James Snoke (Snoke), who...

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