State v. Robert Raso

Summary

The Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s denial of the defendant’s motion to terminate imprisonment, holding that the statutory provision allowing termination under G.L. 1956 § 12‑19‑18(b)(5) was not triggered because the underlying sexual‑assault charge was dismissed without any indication of lack of probable cause or doubt about the defendant’s culpability. The Court gave great weight to the trial justice’s credibility findings and concluded the dismissal was motivated by a desire to spare the victim further trauma, not by evidentiary deficiencies.