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STATE v. ELWELL

380 A.2d 1016 (1977)

STATE of Maine v. Terry Lee ELWELL and Walter E. Arsenault, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank F. Harding, Dist. Atty., Thomas A. Berry (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., John Bass II, Law Student, Bath, for plaintiff.

Therriault & Golin by Roger S. Golin (orally), Roger Therriault, Bath, for defendants.

Before POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.

POMEROY, Justice.

"A defendant is entitled to a fair trial, but not a perfect one." Lutwak v. United States, 344 U.S. 604, 619, 73 S.Ct. 481, 490, 97 L.Ed. 593 (1953).

Because these appellants received a fair trial, albeit an imperfect one, we deny the appeals. Both appellants have appealed from a judgment entered on a verdict of guilty of a violation of 17-A M.R.S...

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