State v. Lint

Convicted on June 12, 1975 by a Ken-nebec County jury of the respective charges of operating a motor vehicle at an excessive rate of speed contrary to 29 M. R.S.A., § 1251 and of failing to bring his automobile to a stop upon the signal of a uniformed police officer in violation of 29 M.R.S.A., § 2121, Peter V. Lint, the defendant, appeals from the ensuing judgments.

We sustain the appeals.

The Justice presiding at trial took it upon himself to examine the defendant’s sole supporting witness as on cross-examination. The record is clear that the Court’s inquiries could not be classified as a…