STATE v. COCHRAN


863 A.2d 263 (2004)

2004 ME 138

STATE of Maine v. David COCHRAN

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: November 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evert N. Fowle, District Attorney, Alan P. Kelley, Deputy Dist. Atty. (orally), Augusta, for State.

Robert E. Sandy Jr., Esq. (orally), Sherman & Sandy, Waterville, for defendant.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.


LEVY, J.

[¶ 1] David Cochran appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of unlawful sexual contact pursuant to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255(1)(C) (1983) (Class C).1 He argues that the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Atwood, J.) erred in finding the child victim competent to be a witness pursuant to M.R. Evid. 601.2 We disagree and...

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