State v. Kim

[¶ 1] Souen Kim appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cum berland County, Fritzsche, J.) pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of robbery and burglary. Kim contends that the court (1) abused its discretion in refusing to allow testimony about a witness’s reputation for truthfulness, and (2) erred in refusing to give a proposed alibi instruction. We affirm the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶ 2] In the early morning of March 31, 1999, four men, armed and wearing masks, entered Thang Sumvan’s apartment in Portland and took money, wallets, jewelry, ATM cards, cell phones, and…