Legal Opinion
State v. Souza
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 25, 1983No. 81-336-C.APublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHEA, Justice.
The defendant, Dennis Souza, stands convicted by a Superior Court jury of committing indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of thirteen and committing an abominable and detestable crime against nature, to wit, fellatio. The trial justice imposed a ten-year sentence for the abominable-and-detestable-crime against-nature conviction and a concurrent three-year sentence for the indecent assault conviction.
On appeal, Souza raises the following issues: (1) that the trial justice erred by allowing hearsay testimony of the complainant’s mother, (2) that the trial…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- State v. JaletteSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
- Berthiaume v. SCHOOL COM. OF CITY OF WOONSOCKETSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
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