STATE v. RYDER


348 A.2d 1 (1975)

STATE of Maine v. Joseph A. RYDER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

November 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foahd J. Saliem, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, Donald A. Spear, County Atty., Bath, for plaintiff.

Robert N. Walker, Basil A. Latty, Yarmouth, David Klickstein, Brunswick, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD and DELAHANTY, JJ.


DELAHANTY, Justice.

A jury in the Superior Court (Sagadahoc County) found the defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Harry L. Cressey on September 27, 1972. On appeal, the defendant assigns three prejudicial errors to the trial court's conduct of the case as follows:

I. Refusal to permit a witness, under cross-examination by the defendant, to relate an exculpatory statement by the defendant; II. Erroneous...

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