State v. Conlogue

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The defendant Christopher Conlogue was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court, Franklin County, of aggravated assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 208 (1983). On appeal from the judgment, he assigns numerous claims of error. Since we find the presiding justice committed reversible error in excluding certain testimony offered by the defendant tending to show the crime had been committed by another person, we sustain the appeal and vacate the judgment of conviction.

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During the summer of 1981, the defendant and Patricia Easier lived at a camp in Chesterville with Ms. Easler’s three…