STATE v. MERRIFIELD


478 A.2d 1131 (1984)

STATE of Maine v. Gary C. MERRIFIELD, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Anderson, David M. Spencer (orally), Asst. Dist. Attys., Belfast, for plaintiff.

Blake, Hazard & Carver, John L. Carver (orally), Dennis C. Hagemann, Belfast, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


SCOLNIK, Justice.

After a jury trial in the Superior Court (Waldo County), the defendant, Gary Merrifield, was convicted of burglary, 17-A M.R. S.A. § 401 (1983), and of unlawful sexual contact, 17-A M.R.S. § 255 (1983). He contends on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support his unlawful sexual contact conviction and that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the definition of "genitals."1 We...

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