State v. Conner

CARTER, Justice.

The defendant, Mark Conner, was convicted of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A), 1 following a jury trial in the Superior Court (Cumberland County). On appeal, the defendant argues (1) that the prosecutor’s closing argument deprived him of a fair trial, and (2) that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence a gruesome photograph of the victim. While we find error in the admission of the photograph, such error is harmless. Therefore, we affirm the judgment.

The elderly victim, Anthony Piacentini, worked in April, 1979, as manager of Pine Tree Billiards in Portland. The…