STATE v. FINSON


447 A.2d 788 (1982)

STATE of Maine v. Thomas Ansie FINSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cox, Dist. Atty., Claire A. Julian, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Bangor, for plaintiff.

Paine & Lynch, Martha J. Harris (orally), John D. Bunker, Bangor, for defendant.

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


ROBERTS, Justice.

Following a trial before a jury in the Superior Court, Penobscot County, Thomas Finson was convicted of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253, and unlawful sexual contact, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255.1 On appeal, the defendant raises three issues that merit our discussion: (1) whether the trial court improperly limited the cross-examination of the prosecutrix and her father; (2) whether Finson's statements to...

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