State v. Mandarelli

The defendant was indicted and subsequently convicted by a jury of committing an indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 13 in violation of G. L. 1956, §11-37-6, as amended. 1 The trial justice denied his motion for a new trial and sentenced him to serve a term of 40 months in the adult correctional institutions. The case is before us on the defendant’s exceptions to certain evidential rulings' and to the denial of his motion for a new trial.

The factual background resulting in defendant’s arrest, indictment, conviction and sentence follows. On August 24, 1966, the child, then…