STATE v. GOODRICH


432 A.2d 413 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Leroy GOODRICH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., Paul Mathews (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Burton G. Shiro Law Offices, Pamela J. Ames (orally), Waterville, for defendant.

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


CARTER, Justice.

Following trial before a jury in the Superior Court (Kennebec County), defendant LeRoy Goodrich was convicted of the rape, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 252(1), of his then ten-year old daughter, Patricia.1 On appeal, the defendant argues that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction, (2) the prosecutrix was not competent to testify, (3) the trial court erred by not giving a requested jury instruction, and (4...

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