STATE v. LEWIS


401 A.2d 645 (1979)

STATE of Maine v. Gerald LEWIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

May 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry N. Berry, III, Dist. Atty., William Keefe, (orally), Law Student, Peter Ballou, Deputy Dist. Atty., Portland, for plaintiff.

Wilson, Steinfeld, Murrell, Barton & Lane by Paul Aranson, Portland, (orally), for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.


NICHOLS, Justice.

Following a jury trial in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) the Defendant, Gerald Lewis, was found guilty of trafficking in prison contraband, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 757(1)(B).1 From a judgment of conviction dated November 9, 1978, the Defendant brings this appeal, challenging especially the introduction into evidence, over his objection, of a hypodermic syringe.

We deny the appeal.

The evidence discloses...

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