State of Maine v. Duane Marquis

Summary

The court affirmed Marquis's convictions for two counts of gross sexual assault, holding that an independent driver’s-education instructor could qualify as an “other official” under the statute. The term is unambiguous and covers a person whom a school has empowered to exercise instructional, supervisory, or disciplinary authority akin to that of a teacher or school employee. The evidence, including Marquis’s control over course completion, access to students during school hours, and the school’s conferral of authority on him, was sufficient to support the finding that he was an “other official.”