Case ID: a2d_451/html/0636-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Maine v. John A. DECESERE.
    Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
    Argued Sept. 20, 1982.
    Decided Oct. 19, 1982.
    David M. Cox, Dist. Atty., Gary F. Thorne (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Bangor, for plaintiff.
    Julio DeSanctis (orally), Bangor, for defendant.
    Before GODFREY, NICHOLS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.
   MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

John A. Decesere appeals from his conviction in Superior Court, Penobscot County, for gross sexual misconduct. 17-A M.R. S.A. § 253. Decesere contends that the minor prosecutrix’s essentially uncorroborated testimony did not present sufficient credible evidence to support his conviction. We have, however, previously held that such testimony, if not contradictory, unreasonable, or incredible, is sufficient to uphold a conviction. State v. Pierce, Me., 438 A.2d 247, 252 (1981); State v. Bessey, Me., 423 A.2d 244, 245 (1980). We cannot say that no finder of fact could have rationally found Decesere guilty. The entry is:

Judgment affirmed.

All concurring.