Legal Opinion
State v. Ware
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 24, 1980No. 78-356-C.APublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
The defendant, William J. Ware, by information was charged with unlawful carnal knowledge and abuse of a girl under the age of sixteen in violation of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 11-37-2. The grand jury further indicted him in three counts with violations of § 11-26-1 (kidnapping), § 11-37-1 (rape), and § 11-37-3 (attempted carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of sixteen). Prior to submitting the case to the jury, the trial justice granted defendant’s motions for judgments of acquittal on the kidnapping and attempted-camal-knowledge counts of the…
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