State v. Cochran

[¶ 1] Albert P. Cochran appeals from a judgment of conviction entered in the Superior Court (Somerset County, Mead, J.) following a guilty verdict by a jury on one count of criminal homicide in the first degree pursuant to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201 (Pamph.1976), P.L.1975, ch. 499, § 201. 1 Cochran argues that the trial court erred by excluding the hearsay statement against interest of an unavailable declar-ant; by refusing to change venue from Penobscot County; and by denying his motion for a mistrial on the ground that unfairly prejudicial evidence was admitted. We affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] The…