Legal Opinion

State v. Sanders

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided June 3, 1983PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VIOLETTE, Justice.

On August 26, 1981, defendant Willis Sanders was charged with two counts of unlawful sexual contact (Class C), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255(1)(C) (1983), 1 by a Waldo County Grand Jury. The victims of the alleged offenses were two young males aged twelve and ten at the time of trial. 2 On December 3,1981, the case was transferred to Superior Court, Knox County. Defendant was tried before a jury on July 26-28, 1982, and found guilty as charged. On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support both convictions. We reverse the judgment of conviction on Count I and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. PierceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  2. State v. MillerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
  3. State v. HendersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  4. State v. O'BRIENSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  5. State v. KingsburySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. RomanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
  2. State v. HarperSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
  3. State v. SpoonerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
  4. Joy v. MarstonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
  5. State v. ThompsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988

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