Case Name: STATE of Maine v. Henry J. DUBE
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1988-01-21
Citations: 536 A.2d 618
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE of Maine v. Henry J. DUBE.
Judges: Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 536
Pages: 618–618

Head Matter:
STATE of Maine v. Henry J. DUBE.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
Argued Jan. 7, 1988.
Decided Jan. 21, 1988.
David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., Pamela J. Ames (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Augusta, for plaintiff.
Michael E. Popkin (orally), Jim Mitchell and Jed Davis, P.A., Augusta, for defendant.
Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.
On Henry J. Dube's appeal from his conviction after a jury trial in Superior Court (Kennebec County) of three counts of rape (17-A M.R.S.A. § 252 (Supp.1987)), three counts of gross sexual misconduct (id. § 253), two counts of unlawful sexual contact {id. § 255), and one count of sexual abuse of a minor (id. § 254), we find no reversible error. Defendant points to no defect in the indictment, see State v. Weymouth, 496 A.2d 1053, 1057 (Me.1985); and the presiding justice acted within his discretion in denying defendant's motion for a bill of particulars. When read as a whole, the jury instruction on reasonable doubt was accurate and adequate, and the justice did not err in declining to give the further instruction on that subject requested by defendant. See State v. Beathem, 482 A.2d 860, 863 (Me.1984). Under the evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the State, the jury rationally could find beyond a reasonable doubt every element of the crimes charged. See State v. Barry, 495 A.2d 825, 826 (Me.1985).
The entry is:
Judgment affirmed.
All concurring.