State v. Barden

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Robert J. Barden, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered September 25, 1979, in Superior Court, Cumberland County, upon a jury’s verdict finding him guilty of robbery while to his knowledge an accomplice was armed with a dangerous weapon (Class A; 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651(1)(E)). He raises three issues here:(1) Whether the presiding justice erred in excluding the alleged accomplice’s out-of-court statement.(2) Whether the presiding justice’s decision to allow the prosecution to use at trial evidence which had been withheld from the Defendant in violation of…