State v. Bazinet

GODFREY, Justice.

After a trial by jury, appellant was convicted of the rape of a fifteen-year-old girl. Asserting that three substantial errors were committed during the trial, he seeks a reversal of the judgment.

I

The State attempted to establish that the crime occurred on a particular patch of muddy ground in the undergrowth abutting a school driveway in Lewiston. In addition to the victim’s testimony, the State presented that of a physician who had examined her shortly after her attack. After testifying that she had found signs of intercourse with trauma, the doctor stated that she had…