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STATE v. SEVERY

Docket: Ken-10-160.

8 A.3d 715 (2010)

2010 ME 126

STATE of Maine v. John A. SEVERY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: November 30, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evert Fowle , District Attorney, James G. Mitchell , Assist. Dist. Atty., Augusta, ME, for the State.

Sean M. Farris, Esq. , Farris Law, P.A., Gardiner, ME, for John A. Severy.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.

SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] A jury found that John A. Severy committed unlawful sexual contact (Class B), 17-A M.R.S. § 255-A(1)(E-1) (2009),1 by subjecting a child under the age of twelve to contact between his penis and her hands for purposes of his sexual gratification. Severy's defense was that, although he allowed the child to engage in that activity on multiple occasions, he did not initiate or seek out that sexual contact. He...

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