STATE v. MALO


577 A.2d 332 (1990)

STATE of Maine v. Robert MALO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Leadbetter (orally), Jeffrey L. Hjelm, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for the State.

Stanley Brown (orally), Belfast, for defendant.

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


CLIFFORD, Justice.

Defendant Robert Malo appeals from his conviction of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983 & Supp.1989), for the death of his eighty-two-year-old cousin Ernest Socea of Searsport. Malo's conviction was based on his plea of guilty entered after two days of trial.1 He contends on appeal that the Superior Court (Waldo County, Smith, J.) abused its discretion in denying his motion to withdraw the guilty...

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