State v. Beaulieu

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction finding the defendant guilty on all counts of an indictment charging him with kidnapping, rape and committing an abominable and detestable crime against nature, to wit, oral copulation.

On June 17, 1973, prosecutrix was hitchhiking along Route 1 in Washington County near the intersection of Route 138. Her destination was a restaurant in the city of Warwick where she was employed as a waitress. The defendant stopped for her, agreed to transport her the entire distance to the restaurant and introduced himself to her as “Jim.” As they proceeded…