State v. Ashley

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Richard James Ashley appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County) entered on a jury verdict convicting him of gross sexual misconduct 1 and of assault based on an incident involving a ten year old girl. 2 On appeal, defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction for gross sexual misconduct. Even if he should fail on that argument, he contends that his conviction for assault is invalid, because assault, he says, is a lesser included offense within gross sexual misconduct, and to convict him of both offenses…