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STATE v. WILLIAMS

462 A.2d 491 (1983)

STATE of Maine v. Sherwood K. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Aranson, Dist. Atty., Bethanne Poliquin, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thomas A. Dyhrberg, Law Student Intern (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Richard B. Romanow (orally), Portland, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, and VIOLETTE, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A.R.J.

DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.

After a trial in Superior Court (Cumberland County), a jury convicted the defendant of violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 755 (1983), Escape. On appeal, the defendant argues that the presiding justice committed reversible error by excluding testimony relating to a previous Rule 11 proceeding in which the defendant pleaded guilty to prior charges of burglary and theft. Trial counsel's apparent intention was to establish through the...

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