State v. Gaspar

OPINION

Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

The evidence adduced at the trial of this criminal case included testimony concerning a multitude of unconventional sexual practices but ultimately presented only one question for the jury’s determination: did the events of the night in question constitute a mutually consensual sexual encounter between two adults or a brutal sexual assault?

The defendant, Shane M. Gaspar, appeals from a Superior Court judgment of conviction on five counts of first-degree sexual assault resulting from events that unfolded on November 8, 2003. On appeal, defendant argues for…