State v. EDWARD C.

GLASSMAN, Justice.

In a juvenile adjudicatory hearing, the District Court, Bangor, found Edward C. guilty of gross sexual misconduct in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253(1)(B) (1983). On appeal, Edward C. contends that section 253(1)(B) does not apply to a sexual act between two children, both under the age of fourteen. Because of the plain language of the statue, we must affirm the decision of the District Court.

The evidence before the juvenile court was sufficient to support the finding of that court that in March 1985, Edward C., age thirteen, while babysitting an eight-year-old girl, had…