STATE v. BUNKER


351 A.2d 841 (1976)

STATE of Maine v. Alton BUNKER a/k/a Samuel A. Bunker.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

February 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Povich, Dist. Atty., Ellsworth, John V. Romei, Asst. Dist. Atty., Machias, for plaintiff.

William E. Macdonald, Bangor, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD and DELAHANTY, JJ.


POMEROY, Justice.

In State v. Northup, Me., 303 A.2d 1 (1973), we pointed out that in those cases where the accused is a person on whom suspicion is likely to fall because of a record of conviction for similar offenses, we, as a review court, will scrutinize the record with great care to assure that the State's conduct has been fair whenever an appellant, in an appropriate manner, claims lack of fairness.

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