State v. Verdone

This indictment charging Frank J. Verdone with the crime of rape was tried to a Superior Court justice sitting with a jury. After trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against the defendant. The trial justice denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial and sentenced him to serve a term of 14 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions. The case is before us on the defendant’s appeal from the judgment of conviction.

The prosecutrix was a 19-year-old mother of two children who was separated and living apart from' her husband at the time of the incident. She and her children were s…