STATE v. WHITE


473 A.2d 883 (1984)

STATE of Maine v. David J. WHITE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., Alan P. Kelley (orally), Deputy Dist. Atty., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Kim M. Vandermeulen (orally), Downeast Law Offices, P.A., Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN and GLASSMAN, JJ.


ROBERTS, Justice.

David J. White challenges his theft conviction in Superior Court, Kennebec County, solely on the grounds that the jury was improperly polled. Upon his request the clerk began to question the jurors individually as follows: "did you find the defendant guilty?" The justice presiding interrupted with instructions to ask whether each juror found the defendant guilty or not guilty or, in the alternative, whether the foreman had correctly reported the...

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