State of Maine v. Nicholas E. Westgate

[¶ 1] Nicholas E. Westgate appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the trial court (York County, O’Neil, J.) on a jury verdict finding him guilty of five counts of unlawful sexual contact (Class B), 17-A M.R.S. § 255-A(l)(E-l) (2015), and one count of visual sexual aggression against a child (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 256(1)(B) (2015). At trial, the State sought to prove that Westgate committed each of the offenses against a victim under the age of twelve. Though the evidence established that the victim turned twelve during the general timeframe within which the crimes were allegedly…