STATE v. COMMEAU


409 A.2d 247 (1979)

STATE of Maine v. Robert COMMEAU.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cox, Dist. Atty., Gary F. Thorne (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Bangor, for plaintiff.

Marshall A. Stern (orally), Bangor, for defendant.

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


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Robert Commeau appeals from the judgment of conviction entered in Superior Court after a Penobscot County jury found him guilty of robbery, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651 (Supp.1979). He bases his appeal on the ground that the presiding justice erred in admitting evidence of an out-of-court identification by the only prosecution witness who identified defendant as being connected to the crime. Because we find that the State failed at the...

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