State v. Snow

[¶ 1] Payson W. Snow Jr. appeals from a judgment of conviction for assault (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. § 207(1)(A) (2006) and criminal threatening (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. § 209 (2006), following a bench trial in the District Court (Augusta, Vafiades, J.), contending that the court erred in excluding, as hearsay, testimony intended to impeach his accuser. We disagree and affirm the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] Diane Marie Tash and Payson W. Snow Jr. were involved in a long-term intimate relationship and lived together in a trailer in Pittston. In recent years, Snow had been suffering from a mental…