State v. Hebert

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The defendant, Edmond H. Hebert, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the Superior Court, Androscoggin County, after a jury found him guilty of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253(1)(B) (1983). 1 On appeal, Hebert challenges several evidentiary rulings made by the presiding justice, and contends that during closing argument, the prosecutor improperly appealed to the sympathy of the jury. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgment.

On January 12, 1981, an Androscoggin County grand jury returned an indictment charging that at some time between…