State v. Reynolds

The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction for four counts of gross sexual assault and other sex offenses, holding that none of Defendant’s assignments of error required reversal.Specifically, the Court held (1) the trial court did not err in denying Defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on eight of the eleven counts for which he was convicted because the State is not required to present specific evidence of separate and discrete incidents of abuse for the jury to convict a defendant of every charged offense, as long as the jury is instructed on specific unanimity; (2) Defendant was not unfairly prejudiced by the trial court’s admission into evidence of uncharged sexual abuse; and (3) the trial court did not err in denying Defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal as to previous unlawful sexual contact charges under the limitations period. View "State v. Reynolds" on Justia Law