State v. Silvia

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

Convicted in Superior Court of sexually molesting his granddaughter, the defendant, Alfred Silvia, Sr. (defendant) seeks to challenge on appeal the sufficiency and consistency of the sexual-assault evidence that sealed his guilt, as well as the constitutionality of the legislation that will require him to register as a sexual offender upon his release from prison.

The defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction on two counts of second-degree child molestation after a Superior Court trial justice, sitting without a jury, found him guilty of these charges. The trial…