State v. Dyer

While serving a sentence at Maine State Prison, the defendant Charles Peter Dyer failed to return to the prison from a furlough authorized by 34 M.R.S.A. § 527. Dyer was found guilty of escape following a jury-waived trial and from the judgment entered, he has appealed. We deny the appeal.

Alleging trial errors, the appellant postures his claims on appeal as follows:

I.Denial of motion in arrest of judgment.

II.Denial of motion for judgment of acquittal.

III.Denial of the appellant’s proffered defense of justification.

I

In support of his first assignment of error, Dyer argues that the indictment…