State of Maine v. Andrew B. Maderios

[¶1] Andrew B. Maderios appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the trial court (Somerset County, Mullen, J.) after a jury found him guilty of two counts of aggravated assault (Class B), 17-A M.R.S. § 208(1)(C) (2014), 1 and two counts of domestic violence assault (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. . § 207-A(l)(A) (2015). Maderios contends that the court erred in (1) declining to allow three of the victim’s former romantic partners to testify to her alleged propensity to make false accusations when relationships endéd against her wishes; (2) admitting, over Maderios’s best evidence objection,…