State v. Smith

WATHEN, Justice.

The defendant was charged by complaint with the offense of public indecency. Following trial, conviction and the imposition of a $300 fine in District Court, defendant appealed to Superior Court (Penobscot County). A jury-waived trial in Superior Court resulted in a conviction and a sentence of forty-five days in the Penobscot County Jail. Defendant now appeals this conviction alleging (1) a defective complaint; (2) a denial of due process as a result of the imposition of a harsher sentence after a trial de novo; and (3) insufficiency of the evidence. We deny the appeal.

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