State v. Flaherty

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Gerald P. Flaherty, appeals from a judgment of conviction of robbery, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651, entered upon a jury verdict in Superior Court in Sagadahoc County. At trial the State’s case relied upon strong circumstantial evidence plus the testimony of the victim. Upon appeal the Defendant vigorously asserts that this evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and that, therefore, his timely motion for acquittal should have been granted. He also claims it to have been error for the presiding justice to exclude certain evidence relating to the victim’s…