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STATE v. YORK

564 A.2d 389 (1989)

STATE of Maine v. Edward YORK.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided September 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Anderson, Dist. Atty. and Leane Zainea (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Rockland, for the State.

Lawrence G. Frier (orally), Thomaston, for defendant.

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

ROBERTS, Justice.

Edward York appeals from judgments of convictions of three counts of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253 (Supp. 1989), entered on a jury verdict in the Superior Court (Knox County, Chandler, J.). York challenges as obvious error the use of expert testimony to identify an eight-year-old girl as the victim of intrafamily sexual abuse. We vacate the convictions.

The eight-year-old girl testified that York sexually abused...

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