STATE v. CLAY

Nos. 2011-248-C.A., 2012-321-M.P.

79 A.3d 832 (2013)

STATE v. Lawrence CLAY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane M. McSoley , Department of Attorney General, Providence, for State.

Catherine Gibran , Office of the Public Defender, Providence, for Defendant.

Present: SUTTELL, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, ROBINSON, and INDEGLIA, JJ.


OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.

A young girl's decision to leave her grandparents' home surreptitiously in the early-morning hours in order to rendezvous with her boyfriend resulted in consequences she did not foresee: her abduction in Middletown, an automobile ride to New Bedford during which she was concealed beneath a tarpaulin, and an alleged sexual assault in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The defendant, Lawrence Clay, appeals...

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