State v. Freitas

On September 29, 1977, a Superior Court jury found the defendant, Charles Freitas, a 52-year-old man, guilty of committing abominable and detestable crimes against nature with a 9-year-old boy. G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §11-10-1. From the entry of a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.

The record discloses that defendant lived on the first floor of a two-family house in Providence, near the family business operated by the victim’s parents. The victim knew defendant as a neighborhood man called “Charlie.” The victim testified that on August 1, 1975, defendant invited him to his…