State v. Barrios
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of second-degree sexual assault. Defendant subsequently filed a motion for a new trial, arguing that testimony given by certain witnesses was contradictory, that the police department’s investigation of the incident was flawed, and that he was innocent. The trial justice ultimately denied Defendant’s motion. On appeal, Defendant challenged only the trial justice’s denial of his motion for a new trial. The Supreme Court affirmed the superior court’s judgment of conviction, holding that the trial justice in this credibility-intensive case was not clearly wrong, nor did he overlook or misconceive material and relevant evidence in denying Defendant’s motion for a new trial.
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