State v. Rosa

WATHEN, Justice.

Defendant Peter A. Rosa appeals his jury conviction in Superior Court (Penob-scot County; Pierson, J.) for rape pursuant to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 252(1)(B) (1983). Defendant contends that there was insufficient evidence of compulsion to support the conviction. He also argues that he was denied a fair trial because the trial court improperly admitted hearsay testimony and singled out defendant’s credibility in a jury instruction. Defendant further challenges the legality of his sentence on the ground that he was not allowed effectively to rebut alleged inaccuracies contained in the…