State v. Stanton

DANA, Justice.

[¶ 1] Daniel Stanton appeals from the judgment of conviction entered in the Superi- or Court (Cumberland County, Fritzsche, J.) following a jury verdict finding him guilty of three counts of gross sexual assault in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253(1)(B) (Supp. 1997). 1 Stanton contends he was denied a fair trial because the court allowed impermissible hearsay to be admitted in evidence and the prosecutor engaged in an improper closing argument. We affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] The victim, who was seven years old at the time of the assaults, testified at the trial that Stanton…