STATE v. PIERCE


438 A.2d 247 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Rexford PIERCE and Sandra Van Buren.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Atwood, Dist. Atty., Robert B. VanWyck, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Bath, for plaintiff.

Roger S. Golin (orally) and Paul A. Weeks, Bath, for Pierce.

William C. Leonard (orally) and George M. Carlton, Jr., Bath, for VanBuren.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., GODFREY, NICHOLS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A. R. J.


DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.

The defendants, Rexford Pierce and Sandra Van Buren, appeal from their convictions of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R. S.A. § 253(2)(B) (Supp.1980),1 a Class C crime. Van Buren, the mother of the prosecutrix, was convicted as an accomplice under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 57(3)(A) (Supp.1980).2 In case docketed Sag-80-6, both defendants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence...

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