Mark J. Theriault v. State of Maine

[¶ 1] After a jury trial held in February 2011, Mark J. Theriault was convicted of one count of unlawful sexual contact (Class A), 17-A M.R.S. § 255-A(l)(F-l) (2014). Theriault challenged the judgment through a petition for post-conviction review, see 15 M.R.S. § 2122 (2014), alleging that he was denied effective assistance of counsel1 during the underlying criminal proceeding. The Superior Court (Aroos-took County, Hunter, J.) denied Ther-iault’s petition after a hearing, and we issued á certificate of probable cause, allowing Theriault to appeal the adverse post-conviction judgment. See 15…