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515 A.2d 1153

State v. Wescott

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided October 6, 1986

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1986-10-06

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently July 1997

4 state decisions

Relies on State v. Barry · State v. True

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Decided 1986-10-06

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¶1MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

¶2Charles Wescott appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Sagadahoc County, entered after jury verdicts of guilty on two counts of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253(1)(B) (Supp.1985). Wescott contends that the prosecutor’s opening statement improperly coerced the defendant into testifying and that the trial court committed obvious error in admitting testimony concerning the date of the offenses. He also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. We conclude that there was no impropriety in the prosecutor’s opening statement and that the admission of testimony with respect to the date of the offenses did not rise to the level of obvious error, see State v. True, 438 A.2d 460, 468 (Me.1981). Finally, on the evidence presented at trial the jury rationally could find beyond a reasonable doubt every element of the offenses charged. See State v. Barry, 495 A.2d 825, 826 (Me.1985).

¶3The entry is:

¶4Judgment affirmed.

¶5All concurring.

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