Legal Opinion
State v. Rippy
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 28, 1993PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, Justice.
Theodore Rippy appeals from the judgment entered on his conviction of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253 (Supp.1982), 1 following a jury trial in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Beau-lieu, J.). Rippy asserts that the trial court erred in determining the competency of the three child victims and that he was denied due process by the State’s preindictment and postindictment delay. Because we find the trial court erred in its competency determinations, we vacate the judgment.
In July 1983, the Department of Human Services removed the three alleged child victims,…
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