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STATE v. BURNS

560 A.2d 568 (1989)

STATE of Maine v. Gene S. BURNS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 10, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Mills, Dist. Atty., Craig Turner, Asst. Dist. Atty., and Joseph O'Connor (orally), Law Student, Auburn, for the State.

Julian Sweet and Paul Macri (orally), Berman, Simmons & Goldberg, Lewiston, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.

COLLINS, Justice.

Gene S. Burns appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Lipez, J.) entered on a jury's verdict finding him guilty of unlawful sexual contact, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255(1)(C) (1983), and assault, id. § 207 (1983). On appeal, Burns, through new counsel, contends that (1) the Superior Court's erroneous instructions to the jury constitute reversible error; (2) the State improperly examined the child victim...

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