State of Maine v. Buddy Robinson

[¶ 1] Buddy Robinson appeals from a judgment of conviction of the murder of Christiana Fesmire, 17-A M.R.S. § 201(1)(A) (2015), entered by the trial court (Androscoggin County, MG Kennedy, J.) after a jury trial. Robinson argues that the court erred when it found that he was not unfairly prejudiced by prosecutorial misconduct and that he was denied a fair trial by the court’s responses to the jury’s request for a read-back during its deliberations. Although we conclude that the State engaged in' misconduct during the trial, we affirm the conviction.

I. BACKGROUND .

[¶ 2] Viewed in the light…