State v. Tate

Howard W. Tate was tried and convicted by a jury in the Superior Court on a charge of rape. He is here pressing his exceptions to the trial justice’s refusal to pass the case and to grant his motion for a new trial.

A mere outline of the evidence will suffice for our purposes. On the evening of September 5, 1969, the prosecutrix, then a girl of about 17 years, and some others went to a beach along the upper reaches of Narragansett Bay where they had a cookout. During the evening the prosecutrix, together with an acquaintance, Raymond Pariseau, left the group and walked along the beach. Some…