STATE v. VAIS


506 A.2d 579 (1986)

STATE of Maine v. Duayne VAIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., John Alsop, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), for plaintiff.

Shiro & Shiro Law Offices, Ronald A. Ducharme (orally), Louis J. Shiro, Waterville, for defendant.

Before NICHOLS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

The Defendant, Duayne Vais, appeals from a judgment of conviction of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 209 (1983), following a jury-waived trial in Superior Court, in Somerset County.

The principal issue urged on appeal was the sufficiency of the evidence. This, however, was essentially a question of fact for the finder-of-fact. The presiding justice, sitting without a jury, could rationally have found...

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