State v. Forbes

CARTER, Justice.

Following a jury trial in Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of committing robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651(1)(B) and (E). The defendant has timely appealed.

On December 16,1980, between 10:15 and 10:30 p. m., a man wearing a hat that covered his entire head with holes cut out over the areas of his eyes and mouth entered Terroni’s Market on Park Avenue in Portland. Ms. Stephanie Strickland and Mr. Peter Marong were then working at the market. Strickland testified at trial that the man was carrying either a shotgun or a…