State v. Lynch

OPINION

SUTTELL, Justice.

The defendant, Raymond Lynch, appeals from Superior Court jury convictions of three counts of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual assault. The victim of all five assaults was his developmentally impaired daughter Mary.1 He alleges that the trial court committed thirteen distinct errors that warrant reversal of some or all the convictions, and that the trial justice abused his discretion by denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

Facts and Travel

At the time of the precipitating incident, Mary was sixteen years old and resided in…