State v. Poland

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Ralph L. Poland appeals his conviction in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) after a jury trial on two counts of criminal mischief, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 806 (Supp.1980). Defendant’s sole contention on appeal is that the presiding justice erred in excluding certain proffered testimony under M.R.Evid. 403 as cumulative and unfairly prejudicial to the State. Determining that the justice did not overstep the bounds of his permissible discretion, we deny the appeal.

Defendant Poland was convicted of criminally damaging the truck of Dorian Rivard on two separate…