State v. Comer

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Defendant Martin Comer appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Pe-nobscot County, Kravchuk, J.) following a jury verdict finding him guilty of five counts of gross sexual misconduct and five counts of unlawful sexual contact. 17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 253, 255 (Supp.1993). Defendant contends that the State was guilty of misconduct during closing argument. We hold that the prosecutor’s remarks concerning witness credibility do not constitute obvious error, and we affirm the judgment.

The evidence presented at trial may be summarized as follows: In 1986 defendant…