State v. Landry

SCOLNIK, Justice.

The defendant, Frederic E. Landry, appeals from judgments of conviction entered after jury verdicts in the Superior Court, Somerset County, for the offenses of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A), attempted murder, §§ 201(1)(A), 152(1), and aggravated assault, § 208(1)(B). We affirm the judgments.

On February 4, 1983, Maynard LeVasseur and Marion White were talking in the bedroom of her South Factory Street, Skowhegan apartment. Shortly after midnight Mrs. White, hearing a commotion outside her window, switched off the lights so that she could see what was happening outside.…