State v. Hoffstadt

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Leslie Hoffstadt appeals from a judgment of conviction for unlawful sexual contact, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255(1)(C) (Supp.1994), entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Fritzsche, J.) following a jury trial. He contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s guilty verdict, (2) the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the victim’s allegations of prior sexual abuse, and (3) statements made during the State’s summation deprived him of a fair trial. Finding no error or abuse of discretion, we affirm the judgment.

The victim was five years old at…