State v. Clark

[¶ 1] Steven M. Clark appeals from a judgment of conviction of one count of murder, 17-A M.R.S. § 201(1)(A) (2007), entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Crowley, J.) following a six-day jury trial. Clark argues that: (1) the State’s attorney committed multiple instances of prosecutorial misconduct amounting to reversible error; (2) the court abused its discretion when it exclud ed a photograph of Clark, depicting him handcuffed and sprayed with mace during an arrest occurring approximately sixteen months before the events giving rise to his murder conviction; and (3) the evidence…