State v. Bernier

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Paul G. Bernier, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered in Superior Court, Oxford County, upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of trafficking in hashish, a schedule X drug, in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1103 (1983). On appeal, he contends that at his trial certain opening remarks by the prosecutor concerning inadmissible hearsay evidence deprived him of a fair trial; and that the presiding justice erred (a) in refusing to permit defense counsel to conduct the jury voir dire pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 1258-A (1980) and (b) in stipulating as a condition…