STATE v. CASELLA


632 A.2d 121 (1993)

STATE of Maine, v. Anthony CASELLA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Stokes (orally), Leanne Robbin, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Stuart W. Tisdale, Jr. (orally), Portland, for defendant.

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


DANA, Justice.

Anthony Casella appeals from a judgment convicting him of four counts of theft by unauthorized taking, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 353(1) (1983), and one count of witness tampering, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 454(1)(A)(2) (Supp.1992), entered after a jury trial in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Perkins, J.). Casella contends that he was deprived of a fair trial because the State repeatedly referred to him as a "liar" during its closing arguments at...

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