State v. Sampson

WERNICK, Justice.

On July 13, 1977, defendant Harry Anthony Sampson (a/k/a Slim Goodie) was indicted in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) for the offense of aggravated promotion of prostitution, in violation of 17 — A M.R.S.A. §§ 851(2)(G), 852(1)(B). At a trial, jury waived, in September 1977, defendant was found guilty as charged.

He has appealed from the judgment of conviction entered against him. We deny the appeal.

The evidence would support findings of fact, as follows. On May 25, 1977, defendant went to a night club in Portland. There, he met a fourteen year old girl previously…