STATE v. WELLS


423 A.2d 221 (1980)

STATE of Maine, v. Calvin L. WELLS a/k/a Calvin L. Wills.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry N. Berry, III, Dist. Atty., Peter G. Ballou, Deputy Dist. Atty., Portland, Michael McCarthy (orally), Law Student Intern, for plaintiff.

Ralph A. Dyer (orally), Ross A. Kimball, Portland, for defendant.

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


DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of assault, a violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 207, entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) following a jury trial and verdict of guilty of said offense. At a previous hearing before a judge of the District Court (Portland), the defendant had encountered the same result. The defendant alleges error in the Superior Court's exclusion of the testimony of a character witness whom he...

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