State v. Adefusika

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON for the Court.

The issues before us in this appeal arise from an indictment charging an alleged sexual assault and the trial thereof. The defendant, Kevin Adefusika, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered after a jury trial in the Washington County Superior Court. He alleges that the trial justice committed reversible error on multiple occasions — viz., (1) in refusing to give a certain jury instruction requested by the defendant; (2) in permitting a court reporter to read back a particular portion of the complaining witness’s trial testimony; (8) in allowing a…