Legal Opinion

State v. Watson

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 2, 1999PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWathen, C.J.

[¶ 1] Defendant Eric Scott Watson appeals from judgments of conviction entered in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Mead, J.) following a jury verdict convicting him on eleven counts of Class A gross sexual assault of his daughter in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253 (Supp.1998). 1 On appeal, defendant contends that the court erred by quashing a subpoena directed to his daughter’s social worker, assigns error to several evidentiary rulings, and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. Finding no error, we affirm the judgments.

[¶ 2] At trial, the daughter, then age fourteen, testified…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Bowman Dairy Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  3. United States v. Cuthbertson, Gerald M. Appeal of Cbs Inc., Third Party WitnessCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
  4. United States v. Carlos MarcelloCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  5. State v. NicholsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974

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