State v. McVeigh

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on the appeal of Richard McVeigh (defendant) from judgments of conviction on eight counts of first-degree sexual assault. After a jury trial in Superior Court, the defendant was sentenced to serve two consecutive life sentences. On appeal the defendant argued that the trial justice erred in (1) denying his motion to preclude testimony about other acts, (2) asking the complaining witness her height and weight, (3) refusing to pass the case or to give the jury a cautionary instruction when a question posed by the prosecutor to a…