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June 1, 2007

Man's conviction of sexually assaulting girl, 14, upheld

The state Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of Eugene C. Texter III, who was found guilty in 2005 of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Narragansett girl as she walked to school four years ago.

Texter had appealed the Washington County Superior Court ruling, with his public defender arguing that the jurors who convicted Texter should not have been allowed to hear testimony about the victim’s identification of Texter as her attacker shortly after the assault.

In the Supreme Court ruling issued today, Texter’s “appeal is denied and the judgment of conviction is affirmed.”

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 11:00 AM | Permalink

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