State v. Pelletier — Victim’s Verbal Objections During Sexual Assault Are Not Hearsay
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed gross sexual assault convictions, holding that a bystander’s testimony about the victim’s verbal objections — “no,” “nothing’s happening,” and “I have a boyfriend” — was not hearsay because those statements were offered not for their truth but to prove the defendant’s awareness of the victim’s non-acquiescence.