STATE v. POLAND


426 A.2d 896 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Ralph L. POLAND.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Grover G. Alexander (orally), Gray, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, NICHOLS, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Ralph L. Poland appeals his conviction in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) after a jury trial on two counts of criminal mischief, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 806 (Supp.1980). Defendant's sole contention on appeal is that the presiding justice erred in excluding certain proffered testimony under M.R.Evid. 403 as cumulative and unfairly prejudicial to the State. Determining that the justice did not overstep the bounds of his permissible...

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