State v. Ricci

NICHOLS, Justice.

Following his conviction of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253(1)(A) (1983) after a jury trial in Superior Court (Oxford County), the Defendant, Michael Ricci, Jr., appeals, contending that there was insufficient evidence that he compelled the victim to submit to sexual intercourse; that the court's jury instructions were erroneous because the test for compulsion was incorrectly stated; and because the court erroneously told the jury that absence of consent was an element of the offense; and that the court erroneously admitted testimony concerning the victim’s…