STATE v. CEFALO


396 A.2d 233 (1979)

STATE of Maine v. Robert CEFALO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

January 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Donahue, Dist. Atty., Joseph A. Wannemacher, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Alfred, Roger P. Flaherty, Asst. Dist. Atty., Sanford, for plaintiff.

Kettle & Carter, P. A. by Burt Kettle (orally), Portland, for defendant.

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


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

A York County jury found defendant Robert Cefalo guilty of rape under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 252 (Supp.1978). Defendant appeals from his conviction on grounds that (1) the presiding justice erred in admitting evidence of an out-of-court and an in-court identification of defendant by the prosecutrix, and (2) the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's verdict. Because we find that the admission of the highly probative identification evidence...

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