STATE v. JONES


370 A.2d 248 (1977)

STATE of Maine v. Charles E. JONES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

March 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry N. Berry, III, Dist. Atty., Peter G. Ballou, Deputy Dist. Atty., Portland, Stephen Devine, Law Student, for plaintiff.

Mark E. Dunlap, Portland, for defendant.

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


PER CURIAM.

Having waived trial by jury, defendant was found guilty by the Court of rape (17 M.R.S.A. § 3151). In his appeal from the judgment of conviction defendant makes the single claim that he was convicted on inadequate evidence because the testimony as to the essential element of force, given by the complaining witness allegedly uncorroborated,1 was, as characterized by defendant, "contradictory, unreasonable or incredible...

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