Legal Opinion
State v. Burke
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 17, 1987No. 86-14-C.APublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Justice.
This case comes before us on appeal by the defendant, Michael Burke, from judgments of conviction entered after a jury trial in the Superior Court. We affirm. The jury returned guilty verdicts on two counts of first-degree sexual assault in violation of G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-37-2, as amended by P.L.1981, ch. 119, § 1. Valerie T., 1 the complaining witness, testified to the following facts at trial.
On or about October 14, 1983, Valerie was hitchhiking along Post Road in North Kingstown, when defendant, a uniformed police officer, pulled up in his police…
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