STATE v. GREEN


452 A.2d 974 (1982)

STATE of Maine v. Stephen GREEN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided November 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Ferris, Dearborn & Willey, Joseph L. Ferris (orally), Brewer, for defendant.

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


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

Stephen Green appeals from his conviction on two counts of Burglary (Class C), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 401, following a jury trial in Superior Court, Penobscot County. Green claims that the presiding justice's refusal to permit testimony attacking the reputation for truthfulness of a State's witness, on the grounds that the proferred evidence was too remote, was an abuse of discretion requiring a reversal of his convictions.

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