STATE v. SPEARIN


428 A.2d 381 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Nelson SPEARIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cox, Dist. Atty., Gary F. Thorne (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Bangor, for plaintiff.

Francis M. Jackson, South Portland (orally), for defendant.

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


PER CURIAM.

After a jury trial, the defendant, Nelson Spearin, was convicted on two counts of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. 17-A M.R.S.A. § 353 (Supp. 1980). On appeal, the defendant argues: 1) that the presiding justice erred in allowing the State to question the defendant about a prior conviction for cheating by false pretenses; and 2) that the presiding justice erred by adjudging the defendant guilty of Class C theft, rather than of Class D theft...

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