STATE v. DEVEAU


354 A.2d 389 (1976)

STATE of Maine v. Perley DEVEAU.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

March 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Welch, Dist. Atty., Houlton, Charles K. Leadbetter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard Wise, Law Student Intern, Augusta, for plaintiff.

Barnes Law Office by Torrey A. Sylvester, Houlton, for defendant.

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


ARCHIBALD, Justice.

On appeal.

An Aroostook County grand jury indicted the defendant, charging:

"On or about November 12, 1974, at Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, Perley Deveau did unlawfully assault [L ***** M *****], a female who had not attained her 14th birthday, to wit: having attained her twelfth birthday, with the intent to ravish and carnally know [L***** M*****] by force and against her will."

The act charged in this indictment...

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