State v. Nye

SCOLNIK, Justice.

Joseph Nye appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in the Superior Court (Knox County) convicting him of two counts of unlawful sexual contact, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255 (Supp.1985), and one count of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253 (Supp.1985). On appeal, the defendant contends that it was error for the Superior Court to admit evidence regarding the defendant’s alleged complicity in causing the victim to be absent from the State at the time of trial, and that the admission of such evidence was in effect a violation of a prior court order that denied joinder…