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STATE v. GRINDLE

413 A.2d 945 (1980)

STATE of Maine v. Richard W. GRINDLE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Leadbetter (orally), P. J. Perrino, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Jerome B. Goldsmith (orally), Marshall A. Stern, Bangor, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN and ROBERTS, JJ.

ROBERTS, Justice.

Richard Grindle appeals from his conviction for murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201, following a trial without jury in the Superior Court, Hancock County.1 Grindle contends that the presiding justice relied on inadmissible evidence of Grindle's conduct a week prior to the offense charged to find that the defendant had "a propensity for violence," and to support a finding of guilt. Grindle

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