State v. Churchill

[¶ 1] David Churchill appeals from a conviction entered in the Unified Criminal Docket (Bangor, Studstrup, J.) upon a jury verdict of guilty of one count of unlawful sexual contact (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 255-A(l)(E) (2010). Churchill argues that the court erred by admitting in evidence a printout of an online chat between Churchill and the victim because the printout was not authenticated pursuant to M.R. Evid. 901(a). We affirm the judgment.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2] David Churchill and the victim, a twelve-year-old girl, were at the victim’s home with two of Churchill’s friends from the…