STATE v. TRUE


464 A.2d 946 (1983)

STATE of Maine v. Gerald TRUE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Aranson, Dist. Atty., Beth Anne Poliquin (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Portland, for plaintiff.

Glassman, Beagle & Ridge by Martin J. Ridge (orally), Portland, for defendant.

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


DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.

Gerald True was convicted of rape, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 252(1)(B)(1) (Pamph.1980), after a jury trial in the Superior Court (Cumberland County), and sentenced to ten (10) years in the Maine State Prison at Thomaston. The most telling evidence adduced against him at trial was testimony from the rape victim recounting her out-of-court identification of the defendant as the man who had raped...

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