SAUFLEY, C.J.
[¶ 1] In this appeal, we consider whether a person's pre-arrest silence may be offered as evidence of consciousness of guilt in a criminal prosecution without offending the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 6 of the Maine Constitution. We also consider allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. Because we conclude that a defendant's silence following the explicit assertion of the right to consult with counsel...
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