State v. Leonard

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendants, David Leonard and Joyce Leonard, appeal from a judgment entered in Superior Court, Androscoggin County, following a jury-waived trial, finding David Leonard guilty of sexual abuse of a minor, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 254 (1983 & Supp.1985), and unlawful sexual contact, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255 (1983 & Supp.1985), and finding both Defendants guilty of endangering the welfare of a child, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 554 (1983). Challenging these convictions, the Defendants raise several points on appeal, only one of which merits our consideration.

At the time the Defendants were married on…