State v. Allard

CLIFFORD, Justice.

The defendant, Ernest Allard, was indicted on two alternative counts of murder in the death of Lisa Scott. 1 The jury found him not guilty of the murder charges, but guilty of the lesser included offenses of manslaughter, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A) (1983), following a trial in the Superior Court (Cumberland County; Perkins, J.). The court entered two convictions for manslaughter, and sentenced Allard to two concurrent sentences of imprisonment of twenty years for each conviction.

On appeal, Allard challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion for a mistrial. We find no…