· 4/4/1978
State v. Samson
Citations
- 388 A.2d 60
- 1978 Me. LEXIS 929
How courts have described this case
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- 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
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Judges: Dufresne, Pomeroy, Wernick, Archibald, Weatherbee, Delahanty
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