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STATE v. PEASLEE

571 A.2d 825 (1990)

STATE of Maine v. Richard PEASLEE, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Anderson, Dist. Atty., David M. Spencer (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Wiscasset, for plaintiff.

William C. Leonard (orally), Bath, for defendant.

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

ROBERTS, Justice.

Richard Peaslee, Jr. appeals his conviction of vehicular manslaughter1 after a jury trial in Superior Court (Lincoln County, Brodrick, J.). Because we reject Peaslee's contentions that the court erred in instructing the jury and that the evidence was insufficient, we affirm the judgment.

On the evening of February 14, 1987, Gary Dawson was a passenger in Peaslee's car operating on the Coopers Mills—...

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