State v. Young

ROBERTS, Justice.

Raymond Young was convicted of the May 7, 1977, robbery of the Highland Market in Portland. On appeal we affirm that conviction. State v. Young, Me., 390 A.2d 1056 (1978). Within two years the defendant filed a motion for a new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence. M.R.Crim.P., Rule 33. The motion was supported by an affidavit of the defendant’s brother, William Young, which recited (1) his knowledge of events at Highland Market as a result of his being the driver of the car in which the defendant left the scene and (2) his absence from the state at the time of…