State of Maine v. Townsend Thorndike

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2025 ME 61

Docket: Cum-24-421 Argued: May 7, 2025 Decided: July 10, 2025 Panel: STANFILL, C.J., and MEAD, HORTON, CONNORS, LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS, and LIPEZ, JJ. STATE OF MAINE v. TOWNSEND THORNDIKE DOUGLAS, J. [¶1] Townsend Thorndike appeals from a judgment of conviction for unlawful sexual contact (Class A), 17-A M.R.S. § 255-A(1)(F-1) (2025),1 and visual sexual aggression against a child (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 256(1)(B) (2025), entered by the trial court (Cumberland County, J. French, J.). Thorndike contends that the court erred by…