Opinion ID: 2679907
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The victim of the crime is prepubescent;

Text: B. The victim of the crime is the same gender as the offender; C. The victim of the crime is a total stranger to the offender; and 8 “based on a finding that his victim was prepubescent.” The court rejected Lovejoy’s argument that, pursuant to Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), and its progeny, the court could not extend the term of his probation in the absence of a jury finding that the victim was prepubescent when the assaults occurred. [¶15] Pursuant to 15 M.R.S. § 2115 (2013) and M.R. App. P. 2(b)(2)(A), Lovejoy timely appealed from the judgments of conviction. After the Sentence Review Panel granted Lovejoy’s request for leave to appeal, see 15 M.R.S. § 2151 (2013); M.R. App. P. 20, we consolidated his sentence appeal with his appeal from the convictions. We do not, however, reach the contentions raised in his sentence appeal because we vacate the convictions.