Case Name: STATE of Maine v. Merwin COLLINS III
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1988-10-19
Citations: 549 A.2d 362
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE of Maine v. Merwin COLLINS III.
Judges: Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and HORNBY, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 549
Pages: 362–362

Head Matter:
STATE of Maine v. Merwin COLLINS III.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
Submitted on Briefs Sept. 16, 1988.
Decided Oct. 19, 1988.
David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., William Baghdoyan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Skowhegan, for the State.
Peter K. Mason, Searsport, for defendant.
Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and HORNBY, JJ.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.
The defendant appeals his convictions of unlawful sexual contact under 17-A M.R.S. A. § 255(1)(C) (1983 & Supp.1987) and attempted rape under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 152 (1983) and § 252(1)(A) (1983 & Supp.1987) after a jury trial in the Superior Court (Somerset County; Smith, J.). He contends that there was insufficient evidence for the jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the victim was not his spouse. We disagree. Although no witness stated in so many words that the defendant and the victim were not married, there was an abundance of circumstantial evidence to support a jury finding of that element beyond a reasonable doubt.
The entry is:
JUDGMENTS AFFIRMED.
All concurring.