State v. Hunnewell

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

State v. Hunnewell

548 A.2d 812, 1988 Me. LEXIS 262

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine·Decided October 20, 1988·Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

Dale Scott Hunnewell appeals his conviction of Class B trafficking in cocaine under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1103 (1983 & Supp.1987). We affirm. The Superior Court (Cumberland County; Lipez, J.) properly found, on the issue before it, no basis to question the Complaint Justice’s impartiality in issuing the warrant. We also find no abuse of discretion in the Superior Court’s decision (Cumberland County; McKinley, J.) under M.R.Evid. 403 to admit, with a limiting instruction to the jury, prior inconsistent hearsay statements to impeach the credibility of a witness. See State v. Dodge, 397 A.2d 588, 592-93 (Me.1979).

The entry is:

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.

All concurring.

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MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

Dale Scott Hunnewell appeals his conviction of Class B trafficking in cocaine under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1103 (1983 & Supp.1987). We affirm. The Superior Court (Cumberland County; Lipez, J.) properly found, on the issue before it, no basis to question the Complaint Justice’s impartiality in issuing the warrant. We also find no abuse of discretion in the Superior Court’s decision (Cumberland County; McKinley, J.) under M.R.Evid. 403 to admit, with a limiting instruction to the jury, prior inconsistent hearsay statements to impeach the credibility of a witness. See State v. Dodge, 397 A.2d 588, 592-93 (Me.1979).

The entry is:

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.

All concurring.

State v. Hunnewell, 548 A.2d 812, 1988 Me. LEXIS 262 (Me. 1988).

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