police and Robert spoke with Detective Janice Sassi at least two times, one time giving a written statement and another time while the detective videotaped his account of what happened.
Joseph, who was sixteen years old at the time of trial, also testified for the state. *626 He said that when he was eight years old, in 1995, he was on his way to a friend's house in West Warwick one day when he passed an apartment building and encountered defendant, who had a video camera and a still-photograph camera. Joseph said that defendant called him over to his house and asked whether Joseph would pull down his pants so that defendant could take pictures of him. Joseph testified that when he refused, defendant said, "if you don't pullup against me and stuff like that" and "grabbed my ass." Roger testified that defendant rubbed his penis area into Roger's buttocks, which made him feel "[u]ncomfortable," and that he "knew there was something wrong with it."[4]
Detective Sassi also testified for the state, saying that she had been a detective with the Warwick Police Department for nineteen years and had taken statements from Robert concerning defendant's alleged sexual misconduct toward him. She said that the first statement, taken on September 1, 2002, was written, while the second statement, taken on June 23, 2003, was videotaped. Detective Sassi testified that although Robert's father accompanied him to the police station she interviewed Robert alone.
After the state rested, defendant made a motion for judgment of acquittal, which the trial justice denied.