State v. Brewer

WERNICK, Justice.

Indicted on April 5, 1973 for having taken “indecent liberties upon the sexual parts and organs” of his nine year old daughter (in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 1951), defendant in July of 1973 was tried before a jury in the Superior Court (Lincoln County) and found guilty as charged. Defendant has appealed from the judgment of conviction.

Defendant assigns two points on appeal: (1) reversal is required because the presiding Justice erred in concluding that defendant’s nine-year old daughter was competent as a witness and (2) in any event, the totality of the evidence is legally…