State v. Patton

[¶ 1] Aaron J. Patton appeals from a judgment of conviction entered in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Mar-den, J.) following a jury trial at which he was found guilty of four counts of gross sexual assault (Class B), 17-A M.R.S. § 253(2)(H) (2011); one count of unlawful sexual contact (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 255-A(l)(M) (2011); and two counts of sexual abuse of a minor (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 254(l)(A-2) (2011). Patton contends that the court erred in several respects, including (A) a constitutional error resulting from the court’s decision to permit a State’s witness, a police…