STATE v. LAGASSE


410 A.2d 537 (1980)

STATE of Maine v. Melvin B. LAGASSE, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

January 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Leadbetter (orally), John S. Gleason, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Isaacson, Isaacson & Hark by Robert S. Hark (orally), Gaston Dumais, Lewiston, for defendant.

Before WERNICK, GODFREY, NICHOLS and GLASSMAN, JJ.


GLASSMAN, Justice.

By indictment returned on January 9, 1979, the defendant, Melvin B. Lagasse, Jr., was charged with murder in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) and (B). Following a jury trial in the Superior Court, Androscoggin County, the defendant was found guilty of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203. On appeal from this conviction the defendant alleges numerous errors. We affirm the judgment of conviction of manslaughter...

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