State of Maine v. David Hanscom

[¶ 1] David Hanscom appeals from a judgment of conviction for two counts of unlawful sexual contact (Class B), 17-A M.R.S. § 255-A(1)(E-1) (2015), entered in the trial court (Oxford County, Clifford, J,) after a jury trial. He asserts that the court committed prejudicial error by declining to instruct the jury on specific unanimity and that during closing arguments, the State engaged in prosecutorial misconduct that constituted obvious error. Because the instructions to the jury were erroneous and the error was prejudicial to Hanscom, we vacate the judgment and remand for a new trial.

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