STATE v. WHITMAN


429 A.2d 203 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Richard WHITMAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Atwood (orally), Dist. Atty., Rockland, for plaintiff.

Strout, Payson, Pellicani, Cloutier, Hokkanen & Strong, Robert J. Levine, Rockland (orally), for defendant.

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


CARTER, Justice.

Following a jury trial in Superior Court (Knox County), on July 15 and 16, 1980, the defendant was convicted of attempted murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 152 (Supp.1980). He was charged with intentionally or knowingly discharging a firearm against the person of Linda Post. On appeal, the defendant contends that errors occurred in the pretrial proceedings, the exclusion and admission of evidence at trial, and the jury instructions. We address two of these...

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