CARTER, Justice.
After a trial in Superior Court (Waldo County), a jury found the defendant guilty of Rape, in violation of 17-A M.R. S.A. § 252(1)(B), Class A (1980). Because we find reversible error in the trial justice's refusal to instruct concerning the defense that the victim had been a voluntary social companion of the defendant at the time of the incident, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 252(3) (1983), we vacate the judgment and remand for a new trial.
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