State v. Boucher

DANA, Justice.

[¶ 1] Steven Boucher appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Pierson, J.) after a jury verdict finding him guilty of burglary, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 401 (198B), robbery, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651 (1983), and theft, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 353 (1983). Boucher contends that the court abused its discretion when it decided to join his trial with that of a code-fendant, and he argues that the procedures followed to protect him from the prejudice of his eodefendant’s incriminating statements were ineffective. We conclude that the admission of hearsay statements that…