State v. Michaud

SCOLNIK, Justice.

The defendant, Edward Michaud, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in Superior Court (Kennebec County) convicting him of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(B), (1-A) (1983 & P.L.1983, ch. 450, § 2). We find no merit in any of the defendant’s numerous claims of error at trial and therefore affirm his conviction.

Facts

At trial, the parties stipulated that the defendant by firing a shotgun caused the death of nine year-old Garrett Brann in the early morning hours of December 10, 1983. The jury would have been warranted in finding the following facts. At the time of the…