Opinion ID: 2683743
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: [¶17] We will set aside a conviction for insufficiency of the evidence only if no rational juror could have been convinced of the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. See State v. Robbins, 2010 ME 62, ¶ 14, 999 A.2d 936; State v. True, 438 A.2d 460, 471 (Me. 1981). We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State. State v. Williams, 2012 ME 63, ¶ 49, 52 A.3d 911. “The fact-finder is permitted to draw all reasonable inferences from the evidence” and “to selectively accept or reject testimony presented based on the credibility of the witness or the internal cogency of the content.” Id. (quotation marks omitted). “The weight to be given to the evidence and the determination of witness credibility are the exclusive province of the jury.” State v. Filler, 2010 ME 90, ¶ 24, 3 A.3d 365 (quotation marks omitted). “A victim’s testimony, by itself, is sufficient to support a guilty verdict for a sex crime . . . if the testimony addresses each element of the crime and is not inherently incredible.” State v. Moores, 10 2006 ME 139, ¶ 9, 910 A.2d 373. Although there were weaknesses in the victims’ testimony—particularly their inability to more precisely recall the sequence of events on December 25 and 26, 2012—their testimony addressed all of the elements of the offenses, see 17-A M.R.S. §§ 207(1)(A), 251, 255-A(1)(E-1), 260(1)(C) (2013), and was not inherently incredible. The jury apparently credited the victims’ testimony, and, viewed in the light most favorable to the State, it amply supports the jury’s verdict. See Williams, 2012 ME 63, ¶ 49, 52 A.3d 911. The entry is: Judgment affirmed. On the briefs: Kevin G. Moynihan, Esq., Fairfield & Associates, Portland, for appellant Chad A. Logan Stephanie Anderson, District Attorney, and Julia Sheridan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Prosecutorial District No. Two, Portland, for appellee State of Maine Cumberland County Unified Criminal docket number CR-2013-2204 FOR CLERK REFERENCE ONLY