State v. Veluzat

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case is before us on the defendant’s appeal from his conviction in the Superior Court on one count of first-degree child-molestation sexual assault and one count of second-degree child-molestation sexual assault. We reverse and remand the case to the Superior Court for a new trial. The facts of the case insofar as pertinent to this appeal are as follows.

On June 25, 1986, Florence Miller and her six-year-old daughter appeared at the North Kingstown Police Station. The child told the police that she had been sexually molested by defendant, Terril L. Yeluzat, who…