STATE v. KESSLER


453 A.2d 1174 (1983)

STATE of Maine v. Richard L. KESSLER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry N. Berry, III, Dist. Atty., Richard C. Anderson, Law Student Intern (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Daniel G. Lilley, E. Paul Eggert (orally), Portland, for defendant.

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


ROBERTS, Justice.

Richard Kessler appeals his conviction of trafficking in cocaine, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1103 (1982). His only claims of error relate to the remarks of the presiding justice that the exhibited evidence was cocaine and that the quantity of the cocaine was sizeable. We affirm the judgment of conviction.

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The jury was warranted in finding the following facts. Richard Finn made arrangements to sell cocaine to a person named Craig Small...

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