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STATE v. BEAN

Docket No. Yor-13-75.

81 A.3d 358 (2013)

2013 ME 91

STATE of Maine v. Shannon BEAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: October 31, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren Wille, Esq. (orally), DeGrinney Law Offices, Portland, for appellant Shannon Bean.

Kathryn Slattery , District Attorney, and Anne Marie Pazar, Esq. (orally), Prosecutorial District # 1, Alfred, on the briefs, for appellee State of Maine.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.

MEAD, J.

[¶ 1] Shannon Bean appeals from a judgment entered by the trial court (O'Neil, J.) following a jury verdict convicting her of domestic violence assault (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. § 207-A(1)(A) (2012). Bean contends that the State's closing argument contained statements that impermissibly referred to her decision not to testify in her own defense, requiring her conviction to be vacated. Because we conclude that the prosecutor's statements during...

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