State v. Spearin

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

After a jury trial in Superior Court (Pe-nobscot County) defendant Nelson Spearin was convicted for arson, Class B, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 802 (1978), 1 conspiracy to commit arson, Class C, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 151 (1983), and solicitation of arson, Class C, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 153 (1983). On appeal to the Law Court, 2 defendant sets forth eight separate arguments, claiming error relating to the sufficiency of the evidence, the conduct of the proceedings, the sufficiency of the indictment for solicitation, and the constitutionality of his conviction for both arson and conspiracy to…