State v. Malo

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Defendant Robert Malo appeals from his conviction of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983 & Supp.1989), for the death of his eighty-two-year-old cousin Ernest Socea of Searsport. Malo’s conviction was based on his plea of guilty entered after two days of trial. 1 He contends on appeal that the Superior Court (Waldo County, Smith, J.) abused its discretion in denying his motion to withdraw the guilty plea, M.R.Crim.P. 32(d), made three and one-half months after the plea was entered but before the imposition of sentence. We find no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s…