State v. Pablo

OPINION

Chief Justice WILLIAMS,

for the Court.

In August 2003, two violent sexual assaults occurring only one day apart in the City of Warwick prompted an intricate investigation ultimately resulting in the indictment and conviction of the defendant, Manuel Pablo (defendant), for, inter alia, multiple counts of first-degree sexual assault committed against two women and one count of kidnapping committed against one victim. This case is before this Court on the defendant’s appeal from that conviction. The defendant argues that (1) his conviction for kidnapping cannot stand because the kidnapping…