State v. Carvalho

This indictment charging the defendant, James Carvalho (Carvalho), with rape was tried before a Superior Court jury. Carvalho was found guilty, and the trial justice denied his motion for a new trial. His appeal is twofold. He contends that the trial justice violated his sixth-amendment right by denying his attorney’s request that an alleged medical expert be allowed to sit at counsel table during the examination and cross-examination of the prosecution’s medical experts. He also challenges the trial justice’s denial of his motion for a new trial.

According to the prosecutrix, at approximately…