State v. Hassapelis

RUDMAN, Justice.

Nicholas Hassapelis appeals from a judgment entered on his murder conviction, following a jury trial in the Superior Court (Oxford County, Perkins, J.). His sole contention on appeal is that the court erred by allowing the State to read to the jury a transcript of the deposition testimony of medical examiner Dr. Ronald Roy without first determining his unavailability as a witness at the time of trial. Because we conclude that the trial court’s error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, we affirm the conviction.

On January 5, 1990, Hassapelis was indicted by the Cumberland…