Legal Opinion
State v. Alley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 28, 1978PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, Justice.
Having been indicted, tried before a jury and convicted of two counts of “gross sexual misconduct,”1 the defendant has seasonably appealed.
We deny the appeals.
FACTS
The offense occurred April 2, 1977, in a cell at the Cumberland County Jail which was then being occupied by the 16-year-old *1176victim, the defendant2 and two other inmates. The only State’s witness was the victim who described the two acts alleged, contending that he was compelled to participate in both by the coercive and physically abusive acts of the appellant and the two other inmates. The appellant admitted…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Breed v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- State v. TulloSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- Union Mutual Life Insurance Company v. EmersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
- State v. KnowlesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- State v. BlierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. KeatenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- State v. DaySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
- State v. DaySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988