State v. Lewis

CLIFFORD, Justice.

[¶ 1] Lawrence J. Lewis appeals from convictions of gross sexual assault (Class A) in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253 (Supp. 1997), 1 and unlawful sexual contact (Class C) in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255 (Supp. 1997), 2 following a jury trial in the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Pierson, /.). Lewis contends, inter alia, that the court acted beyond its discretion and erred in various evidentiary rules, in its jury instructions, in failing to recuse, in failing to address Lewis’s motion to dismiss, and in failing to take appropriate action regarding possible juror…