State v. Bennett

Weisberger. J.

The defendant, Charles Bennett, was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of rape, kidnapping, and assault with a dangerous weapon. He has appealed to this court from the judgment of conviction.

The sole argument offered by defendant is that the trial justice improperly refused to rule on an oral motion in limine made by defendant at the close of the state’s case. The defendant sought by means of this motion “to preclude the State from using certain convictions as an impeachment tool against this defendant should he decide to take the witness stand in this particular case.”…