State v. Harrington

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

A Superior Court jury in York County found defendant guilty of criminally negligent manslaughter, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A) (Supp.1980), but the presiding justice entered a judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict, on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to convict.1 The State brings this appeal, pursu*1079ant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A(2) (1980) and M.R.Crim.P. 37B. We reverse the judgment of acquittal and reinstate the jury verdict.

On January 16, 1981, defendant visited the Sanford home of one of his friends in the company of another friend, Thomas Mellon.…