State v. Boone

GLASSMAN, Justice.

Harry Boone appeals from the judgments of the Superior Court (Washington County, Smith, J.) entered on the jury verdicts finding him guilty of unlawful sexual contact, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255(1)(C) (Supp. 1988), and assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 207 (1988 & Supp.1988). Boone contends the trial court erred (1) in admitting evidence of uncharged incidents that occurred between Boone and the alleged child victim, (2) in failing to give a curative instruction after the State’s rebuttal argument, and (3) in improperly defining the term “offensive sexual contact” in its jury instructions.…