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· 4/4/1978

State v. Samson

Citations

  • 388 A.2d 60
  • 1978 Me. LEXIS 929

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • A statute that was subsequently amended to expressly include contact through clothing was held to include such contact even prior to the amendment.
  • remarks on record show sentencing judge was influenced by poll of community members on issue of sentencing
  • indecent touching of young girl’s “crotch” by placing hand on the outside of her pants is as “abhorrent to society” as a touching of the flesh and is not insulated from the reach of the criminal statute
  • court shall consider any statements made by prosecuror or victim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Dufresne, Pomeroy, Wernick, Archibald, Weatherbee, Delahanty

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