Court Opinion

ID: 4945871
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-09-24 12:17:53.315379+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:15:04.945966
License: Public Domain

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.
The defendant, Walter Davis, appeals from his conviction in Superior Court, Ken-nebec County, of unlawful sexual contact (17-A M.R.S.A. § 255). The defendant ar*1083gues on appeal that the denial of his motion to take the oral deposition of the State’s chief witness was an abuse of discretion requiring reversal of his conviction. We affirm the judgment below.
The defendant’s motion failed to comply with M.R.Crim.P. 15(a) because it did not allege the possible unavailability of the witness to be deposed, the materiality of the witness’s testimony, and the possibility of a failure of justice if the deposition was not allowed. The record is devoid of any evidence presented to the presiding judge tending to establish the unavailability of the witness at time of trial. This type of showing is the initial prerequisite for the granting of such a motion. Further, the witness testified at trial and defense counsel was allowed to cross-examine her. We find no abuse of discretion in the denial of the motion in the instant case.
The entry is:
Judgment affirmed.
All concurring.