State v. Allen

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

After a jury trial, the Superior Court (Waldo County) convicted defendant Russell Allen of one count of attempted gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 152 (1983), a Class B crime, and one count of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253(1)(B) (1983), a Class A crime. Allen was sentenced to five years in Maine State Prison on each count, the sentences to be served concurrently. The attempted gross sexual misconduct charge involved defendant’s stepdaughter, an eleven-year-old girl; the gross sexual misconduct charge involved defendant’s stepson, a ten-year-old…