State v. Gammon

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Randall Gammon, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Oxford County), affirming his conviction on three counts of manslaughter, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A) (1983), on April 25, 1986, in the District Court, Rumford. The Defendant’s major contention on appeal is that the District Court erred in finding the mens rea essential to a manslaughter conviction. The Defendant also claims that the District Court committed reversible error in receiving the testimony of one of the State’s witnesses as an expert in automobile accident reconstruction, and in admitting…