State v. Smith

WELLS, Judge.

The evidence presented at trial tended to show that defendant and a female co-worker, Mrs. Deborah Keel, were involved in a close personal friendship for about one year. Mrs. Keel testified that she ended the relationship during the summer of 1985, for although it had never developed into an extramarital affair, she felt uncomfortable maintaining it. Defendant became very upset and followed Mrs. Keel at least twice.

In mid-September a good friend of Mr. and Mrs. Keel, Kevin Maurer, received a telephone call from a man who identified himself as Tony Hill and asked Maurer to meet…