STATE v. BOYD


294 A.2d 459 (1972)

STATE of Maine v. Paul BOYD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

September 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Brennan, County Atty., Portland, for plaintiff.

Caroline Glassman, Portland, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEBBER, WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK and ARCHIBALD, JJ.


WEATHERBEE, Justice.

On September 11, 1970 the Defendant, a young black man, was found guilty by a jury of the crime of rape from which this appeal is taken.

The testimony reveals that the jury could properly have found that about 9:30 P.M. on the night of June 22, 1970 the victim of the assault, a 17 year old girl, was walking up Congress Street in Portland approaching Longfellow Square from the west. A short way above the Sportsman's Grill, and on the opposite...

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