State v. Simpson

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This controversy comes to us on the defendant’s appeal from two convictions of first-degree child molestation — violations of G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-37-8.1, as amended by P.L.1984, ch. 59, § 2. The defendant, Howard Simpson (Simpson), was initially indicted in November 1988 and charged with six counts of sexual assault upon a minor. These charges consisted of indecent touching, cunnilingus, and sexual penetration of a minor female between the ages of eight and eleven years. Prior to the commencement of the trial in mid-June 1990 the state dismissed four of…