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STATE v. LIBBY

435 A.2d 1075 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Harley LIBBY, Stephen Yates, and Paul Parsons.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. McElwee, Dist. Atty., Brian E. Swales, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Houlton, for plaintiff.

E. Paul Eggert (orally), Daniel G. Lilley, Portland, for Parsons.

Peter S. Kelley, P. A. (orally), Caribou, for Yates.

Evans & Rush, Daniel T. Rush (orally), Millinocket, for Libby.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER and WATHEN, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendants Harley Libby, Stephen Yates, and Paul Parsons appeal from their convictions in Superior Court, Aroostook County, of arson and criminal mischief.1 They complain that they were denied a fair trial because a remark made by a witness at trial and a newspaper article to which some of the jurors were exposed may have revealed to the jury that defendants had been tried before for the same crimes. In addition...

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