State v. Prudenzano

ARCHIBALD, Justice.

The defendant was indicted by the An-droscoggin County grand jury and after a jury trial was convicted of breaking, entering and larceny in the nighttime. The defendant has appealed his jury conviction on the grounds that the presiding Justice committed error (1) in refusing to grant the defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal, and (2) in refusing to grant a mistrial because of improper argument by the prosecuting attorney.

We deny the appeal.

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MOTION FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL

On July 2, 1975, a home in Lisbon was burglarized. A large number of coins were stolen, one of…