State v. Filler

[¶ 1] The State of Maine appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Hancock County, Cuddy, J.) granting Vla-dek Filler’s motion for a new trial pursuant to M.R.Crim. P. 33 following a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of gross sexual assault (Class A), 17-A M.R.S. § 253(1)(A) (2009), and two counts of assault (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. § 207(1)(A) (2009). Filler cross-appeals, contending, among other things, that the Superior Court erred by excluding certain evidence that was central to his theory of the case and by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal pursuant to…