State v. Maizeroi

[¶ 1] Teddy Maizeroi appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Atwood, J.) following a jury verdict of guilty on one count of gross sexual assault. 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253(1)(A) (Class A). 1 The jury returned a verdict of not guilty for Maizeroi on a second charge of unlawful sexual contact. 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255(1)(H) (Class C). 2 Maizeroi contends (a) that the trial court improperly instructed the jury regarding what constitutes compulsion; (b) that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that the victim had no duty to resist Maiz-eroi; (c) that there was…