Legal Opinion
State v. Roy
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 3, 1978PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODFREY, Justice.
In September, 1976, appellant Percy Roy was tried and convicted of the crime of taking indecent liberties in violation of former 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951 (1964). The State’s evidence tended to prove that he took indecent liberties with the fifteen-and-a-half-year-old daughter of a woman he had been living with for several years. Appellant took the stand and denied the charge, testifying that there was animosity between himself and the child that grew out of his attempts to discipline her. Appellant did not place his own character in issue by introducing evidence of good character,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
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