Legal Opinion

State v. Sargent

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 9, 1988PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

Richard Sargent appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court, Penobscot County, entered on a jury verdict convicting him of armed robbery, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651 (1983), claiming that the court erred in excluding proffered impeachment evidence and in denying his motion for a new trial or acquittal based on claimed newly discovered evidence of perjury, and challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

Our review of the record discloses that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding the proffered evidence, M.R. Evid. 403; State v.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. BarrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  2. State v. CormierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
  3. State v. MahoneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. SargentSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989

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