Legal Opinion
State v. Acquisto
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 12, 1983No. 82-2-C.APublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Justice.
This case comes before us on the defendant’s appeal from a judgment of conviction of first-degree sexual assault entered against him in the Superior Court. The defendant raises five issues in support of his appeal. We affirm the conviction. The facts of the case revealed by the record are as follows.
On September 27,1979, at about 6:45 a.m. the victim, Christina, was asleep in her apartment in the city of Woonsocket. She was awakened by a loud pounding on her apartment door. A voice from the other side of the door yelled, “Chris, let me in. If you’re alone, you let…
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3Cited by33 opinions
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