Opinion ID: 1917977
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: [¶ 30] Poblete's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence requires only brief discussion. [A] victim's testimony, by itself, is sufficient to support a guilty verdict for a sex crime or a violent crime if the testimony addresses each element of the crime and is not inherently incredible. State v. Drewry, 2008 ME 76, ¶ 32, 946 A.2d 981, 991 (quotation marks omitted). Here, the victim testified that prior to leaving for Job Corps on June 5, 2006, her father, Poblete, subjected her to sexual intercourse. The victim was seventeen at the time. The jury was entitled to rely on this testimony, which fully supports Poblete's conviction of gross sexual assault pursuant to 17-A M.R.S. § 253(2)(H). [9]