State v. Bryant

BOURCIER, Justice, with whom LEDERBERG, Justice, joins,

concurring in part and dissenting in part.

I join in the opinion of the court with regard to its conclusion that G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-37-1(8), as amended by P.L.1986, ch. 191, § 1, by its specific definition of the nature of sexual penetration necessary to constitute first-degree child molestation sexual assault, excludes the conduct engaged in by the defendant in this ease.

I agree with the majority’s recognition of our longstanding judicial inability, no matter how abhorrent the offense involved, to supplement or to amend by…