Case Name: STATE of Maine v. Richard TRAYNOR
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1989-02-14
Citations: 554 A.2d 797
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE of Maine v. Richard TRAYNOR.
Judges: Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 554
Pages: 797–797

Head Matter:
STATE of Maine v. Richard TRAYNOR.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
Argued Jan. 17, 1989.
Decided Feb. 14, 1989.
Paul Aranson, Dist. Atty., Beth Aheam (orally), Asst. Dist. ■ Atty., Portland, for State.
Thomas J. Connolly (orally), Portland, for defendant.
Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.

Opinion:
COLLINS, Justice.
Richard Traynor appeals from his convictions of unlawful sexual contact, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255(l)(c) (1983 & Supp.1988), and assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 207 (1983 & Supp.1988), after a jury trial in the Superi- or Court (Cumberland County; Brodrick, J.). We affirm the judgments.
We find no clear error in the Superior Court's determination that the child prose-cutrices were competent to testify. Both children demonstrated an ability to express themselves "so as to be understood by the judge and jury," and a sufficient understanding of the duty to tell the truth. State v. Hussey, 521 A.2d 278, 280 (Me. 1987).
We also find no abuse of discretion in the Superior Court's rulings on discovery violations. State v. Landry, 459 A.2d 175, 177 (Me.1983). Because the defendant waived at oral argument the final issue regarding the sufficiency of the evidence, we do not address it here.
The entry is: Judgments affirmed.
All concurring.