State v. Cobell

MELANSON, Judge.

Eugene Ray Cobell appeals from his judgment of conviction and concurrent unified life sentences, with minimum periods of confinement of ten years, for rape and penetration by a foreign object. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Cobell, a seventy-two-year-old man, was visiting the home of his niece and his grandniece, a twenty-year-old woman. One evening, after the other members of the family went to bed, Cobell and his grandniece remained on the couch. The grandniece fell asleep with her head on Cobell’s shoulder and was awakened by Cobell fondling…