STATE v. ALLARD


557 A.2d 960 (1989)

STATE of Maine v. Ernest ALLARD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Charles K. Leadbetter, Garry Greene (orally), Eric Wright, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for the State.

Thomas J. Connolly (orally), Portland, Martin Schindler, Scarborough Law Offices, Scarborough, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and COLLINS, JJ.


CLIFFORD, Justice.

The defendant, Ernest Allard, was indicted on two alternative counts of murder in the death of Lisa Scott.1 The jury found him not guilty of the murder charges, but guilty of the lesser included offenses of manslaughter, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A) (1983), following a trial in the Superior Court (Cumberland County; Perkins, J.). The court entered two convictions for manslaughter, and sentenced Allard to two...

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