State v. Carmichael
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The Defendant, Marshall Carmichael, was convicted of two counts of sodomy 1 following jury trial in Superior Court in Aroos- took County. 2 He appeals from the judgment of conviction entered on the verdicts.
We sustain the appeal.
The alleged victim and chief prosecution witness was the Defendant’s nephew, fourteen years old at the time of the alleged offenses. His testimony, if believed, was sufficient to show that Defendant committed the offenses on two separate occasions during the summer of 1975.
The Defendant presented as witnesses several family members whose testimony…
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