State v. Jones

Defendant was convicted by jury of two counts of sexual assault in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a)(3) and two counts of lewd and lascivious conduct in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2602. All four counts arose from allegations that defendant had sexually abused his stepdaughter. On appeal, he claims the court erred (1) in denying his motion for acquittal on the two charges of sexual assault because the State failed to prove the requisite sexual act, (2) in denying his motion for a new trial because unfairly prejudicial physical evidence was improperly admitted and three witnesses were improperly…