State v. Pierce

DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.

The defendants, Rexford Pierce and Sandra Van Buren, appeal from their convictions of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253(2)(B) (Supp.1980), 1 a Class C crime. Van Burén, the mother of the pros-ecutrix, was convicted as an accomplice under 17 — A M.R.S.A. § 57(3)(A) (Supp.1980). 2 In case docketed Sag-80-6, both defendants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support their convictions, argue that the indictments upon which they were tried were fatally defective, and claim that the trial court’s denial of their motions for separate trials…