State of Maine v. Andrew M. Sousa

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2019 ME 171

Docket: Wal-19-101 Argued: November 4, 2019 Decided: December 23, 2019 Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HJELM, and HUMPHREY, JJ. STATE OF MAINE v. ANDREW M. SOUSA HJELM, J. [¶1] Andrew M. Sousa appeals from a judgment convicting him of robbery and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, entered by the trial court (Waldo County, R. Murray, J.) after a jury trial. Sousa asserts that the court erred by overruling his objection to an aspect of the State’s closing argument that, he contends, improperly…