State v. Dunn

OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

Before us in this proceeding is the state’s petition for certiorari. In it, we are called upon to review the granting of the defendant’s motion for a new trial following his conviction on a charge of first degree sexual assault after a Superior Court jury waived trial.

The defendant, Louis W. Dunn (Dunn), is an ordained Catholic priest. He was indicted on March 27, 1996 by a state grand jury and charged with one count of rape and a second count charging a first degree sexual assault. Each charge concerned a different young woman. The first charge of rape upon Lucille…