State v. Hallowell

WATHEN, Justice.

In this ease, acting under a recently enacted statute, the full Law Court for the first time reviews the propriety of the criminal sentences imposed by the trial court. Defendant Vincent Hallowell appeals from both the judgments and the sentences entered by the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Brody, C.J.) on his convictions by a jury of possession of a firearm by a felon, 15 M.R.S.A. § 393 (1980 and Supp. 1989), and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 209 (1983). 1 Defendant argues on appeal that the court committed an evidentiary error in ruling on…