Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.Argued January 10, 1985.
Decided January 15, 1985.
Appeal from the Superior Court, Cumberland County.
Paul Aranson, Dist. Atty., Laurence Gardner (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Portland, for plaintiff.
Ricky L. Brunette (orally), Portland, for defendant.
Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
Harold F. Norman appeals from his conviction in Superior Court, Cumberland County, of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253(1)(B), and unlawful sexual contact, § 255(1)(C). He contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his
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conviction. This case is governed by our recent decision in State v. Decesere, 451 A.2d 636 (Me. 1982), wherein we held that the essentially uncorroborated testimony of a young child victim, if not contradictory, unreasonable, or incredible is sufficient to sustain a verdict. Upon careful review of this record, we cannot say that no finder of fact could rationally have found the defendant guilty.
The entry is:
Judgments affirmed.
All concurring.
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