State v. McCue

The defendant appeals from a jury verdict in the Superior Court (Temple, J.) finding him guilty of the first degree murder of Aleñe Courchesne. He challenges his conviction on two grounds, claiming first, that the circumstantial evidence for conviction was insufficient since it did not support the exclusion of all rational conclusions other than the defendant’s guilt. Second, he argues that the trial court committed reversible error in denying a motion in limine seeking to exclude the investigating officers’ use of the term “drag marks” in reference to the area where the body was discovered.…