STATE v. TURNER


433 A.2d 397 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Robert C. TURNER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Erwin (orally), Charles K. Leadbetter, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Dunlap & O'Brien, Mark E. Dunlap (orally), Portland, for defendant.

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


GODFREY, Justice.

After a jury trial in Superior Court, Cumberland County, defendant Robert C. Turner was convicted of manslaughter1 and of leaving the scene of a vehicle accident.2 He appeals from the judgments of conviction on various grounds, among them that certain remarks the prosecutor made during his opening statement to the jury had the effect of impugning...

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