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549 A.2d 362

State v. Collins

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided October 19, 1988

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1988-10-19

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently June 2009

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Decided 1988-10-19

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¶1MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

¶2The defendant appeals his convictions of unlawful sexual contact under 17-A M.R.S. A. § 255(1)(C) (1983 & Supp.1987) and attempted rape under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 152 (1983) and § 252(1)(A) (1983 & Supp.1987) after a jury trial in the Superior Court (Somerset County; Smith, J.). He contends that there was insufficient evidence for the jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the victim was not his spouse. We disagree. Although no witness stated in so many words that the defendant and the victim were not married, there was an abundance of circumstantial evidence to support a jury finding of that element beyond a reasonable doubt.

¶3The entry is:

¶4JUDGMENTS AFFIRMED.

¶5All concurring.

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