State v. DeLong

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Following a jury trial, the Superior Court (Penobscot County) convicted defendant James DeLong of four counts of incest, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 556 (1983), which he committed upon his minor daughter. On appeal defendant argues that the Superior Court erred 1) in admitting evidence of other sexual acts between him and the victim, 2) in keeping the jury deliberating until 12:40 a.m., thereby allegedly coercing the jury into a verdict, and 3) in allowing the prosecutor to disparage the defense in closing argument. Defendant also makes an assertion of insufficiency of the…