State v. Clark

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

A Providence County grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant, Raymond Clark, with sixteen counts of sexual assault and incest. The charges consisted of acts of sexual penetration with a person thirteen years or younger, cunnilingus, fellatio, and penetration by force and coercion on a person over thirteen years of age and under the age of sixteen. A trial commenced on August 15,1989, and a judgment of acquittal was granted on counts 3, 5, and 16 at the close of the state’s case. At that time the state also withdrew counts 7 and 11. After the defense…