State v. Davidson

OPINION

WILLIAM S. RUSSELL, Special Justice.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether or not the statute of limitations applicable to a charge of sexual abuse of a minor may be tolled under the tolling provision applicable to concealment of the crime where it is alleged that the accused used his parental influence over the child to discourage her from telling anyone, threatened to whip and physically abuse her if she told anyone, coerced her not to tell by stating that it would be injurious to her mother’s health, and where the victim was alleged to be legally blind and therefore…