Legal Opinion
State v. Edwards
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 1, 1980PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODFREY, Justice.
David Edwards was indicted in September, 1978, on two counts, one alleging rape, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 252 (Supp.1979) and one alleging gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253 (Supp.1979). He was tried before a jury in March, 1979, and found not guilty of rape but guilty of gross sexual misconduct. The jury made a specific finding that Edwards and the prosecutrix were social companions on the occasion in question and that she permitted sexual contact. Edwards has made a timely appeal from that conviction. We sustain the appeal.
The parties gave conflicting stories at trial. The…
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