Legal Opinion
State v. Taplin
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 2, 1985PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Justice.
The defendant, Frank Taplin, appeals from his convictions for three counts of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253(1)(B) (1983) (gross sexual misconduct) and two counts of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255(1)(C) (1983) (unlawful sexual contact) following a jury-waived trial in Superior Court (Lincoln County). The defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to convict him and argues that the indictments charging him were defective because (1) the State failed to allege the requisite mental states for gross sexual misconduct and unlawful sexual contact; and (2) the State failed to state with…
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- State v. KeatenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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