State v. Wallace

ROBERTS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Carl Wallace appeals from the judgment of conviction entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, C.J.) on a jury verdict finding him guilty of cruelty to animals, 17 M.R.S.A. § 10S1(1)(B) (Supp. 1996). As the sole issue on appeal, Wallace argues that because of prosecutorial misconduct the court was compelled to grant a mistrial. We affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] Wallace was accused of deliberately striking a dog with a snowplow attached to his vehicle. Robert Taddia described the incident and testified further that Wallace pursued the dog with a gun and said he…