State v. Buxton

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on the appeal of the defendant, Raymond Buxton (Buxton), from a Superior Court jury conviction on four counts of first-degree sexual assault. Buxton claims that the motion justice erred in denying his motion for a new trial. Buxton avers that he was incompetent to stand trial owing to a mental illness that rendered him incapable of assisting counsel in his defense.

At the outset we shall set out the basic facts of record that led to Buxton’s convictions. Amanda James (James) 1 testified that on the evening of May 4, 1987, she…