State v. Hinds

VIOLETTE, Justice.

After a jury trial in the Superior Court, York County, the defendant was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 254 (1983), and aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1105 (1983). On appeal the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions and asserts that prosecutorial misconduct denied him a fair trial. We deny the appeal.

Except for the critical issue of what happened during the early morning hours of Sunday, May 22, 1983, the facts of this case are undisputed. On Saturday, May 21, 1983, the fifteen year…