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STATE v. BESSEY

423 A.2d 244 (1980)

STATE of Maine v. Harry BESSEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Crook (orally), Dist. Atty., J. Michael Talbot, Asst. Dist. Atty., Skowhegan, for plaintiff.

Hunt & Alsop, John C. Hunt (orally), Skowhegan, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Harry Bessey, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict returned in the Superior Court, Somerset County, on April 15, 1980, finding him guilty of the rape of a five-year-old child at Fairfield in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 252(1)(A) (Supp.1980).1 The issues on appeal address the sufficiency of the evidence to support the Defendant's conviction and a requested jury instruction...

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