STATE v. PINEAU


463 A.2d 779 (1983)

STATE of Maine v. John PINEAU.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gross, Minsky, Mogul & Singal, P.A., Carl F. Rella (orally), Bangor, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., GODFREY, NICHOLS, CARTER and WATHEN, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A.R.J.


NICHOLS, Justice.

The determinative issue in this case focuses upon the limits of rebuttal argument to the jury permitted a prosecutor.

The Defendant, John Pineau, was convicted of operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 29 M.R.S.A. § 1312-B, following a jury trial in Superior Court, Penobscot County. Challenging his conviction, he raises four issues on appeal. We consider only one of those issues, and we sustain his appeal.

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