Lagassee v. State

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

The State appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Fritzsche, J.) granting post-conviction relief to the petitioner, Joseph Arthur Lagassee, on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel. The State contends that the court’s finding of ineffective representation was clearly erroneous. We affirm the judgment.

Lagassee was indicted in 1989 on two counts of unlawful sexual contact, Class C, 17-A M.R.S.A § 255(1)(C) (Supp.1994) and one count of gross sexual misconduct, Class A, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253 (Supp.1994). The offenses were alleged to…