State v. Bruce MacNeil

Justice Robinson, for the Court.

The defendant, Bruce MacNeil, appeals from a January 23, 2017 judgment of conviction in Kent County Superior Court on one count of second-degree sexual assault in violation of G.L. 1956 §§ 11-37-4 and 11-37-5, after a jury found him guilty of having sexually assaulted a fifteen-year-old neighbor. He was sentenced to a term of ten years at the Adult Correctional Institutions, with two years to serve and the balance suspended with probation. On appeal, the defendant contends that he is entitled to a new trial because the trial justice committed what the defendant…