STATE v. WALLACE


691 A.2d 1195 (1997)

1997 ME 51

STATE of Maine v. Carl WALLACE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Anderson, District Attorney, Julia Sheridan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Portland, for State.

Peter E. Rodway, Rodway & Horodyski, Portland, for defendant.

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


ROBERTS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Carl Wallace appeals from the judgment of conviction entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, C.J.) on a jury verdict finding him guilty of cruelty to animals, 17 M.R.S.A. § 1031(1)(B) (Supp. 1996). As the sole issue on appeal, Wallace argues that because of prosecutorial misconduct the court was compelled to grant a mistrial. We affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] Wallace was accused of deliberately striking...

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