STATE v. DeLONG


505 A.2d 803 (1986)

STATE of Maine v. James DeLONG.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Christopher Almy, Dist. Atty., Philip Worden, Asst. Dist. Atty., (orally), Bangor, for plaintiff.

Marshall T. Cary, (orally), William N. Palmer, (orally), Bangor, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, and SCOLNIK, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Following a jury trial, the Superior Court (Penobscot County) convicted defendant James DeLong of four counts of incest, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 556 (1983), which he committed upon his minor daughter. On appeal defendant argues that the Superior Court erred 1) in admitting evidence of other sexual acts between him and the victim, 2) in keeping the jury deliberating until 12:40 a.m., thereby allegedly coercing the jury into a verdict, and 3) in...

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