State v. Hunt
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with two counts of second-degree child molestation. After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted on Count 1 and acquitted on Count 2. Defendant appealed, arguing that the trial justice erred in his instructions to the jury and by employing the jury-verdict form. Specifically, Defendant asserted that the trial justice failed adequately to inform the jury of the distinction between Counts 1 and 2, which were identically worded. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court, holding that, while the issue was not properly preserved for review on appeal, it also lacked merit because there was no evidence in the record to indicate that the jury suffered from any confusion between Counts 1 and 2.
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