STATE v. RANCOURT


435 A.2d 1095 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Louis RANCOURT, II.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Leadbetter, Herbert Bunker, Jr., Frederick C. Moore (orally), Wayne S. Moss, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Daviau, Jabar & Batten, Robert J. Daviau, Joseph Jabar (orally), Waterville, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, NICHOLS, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

Following a three-week jury trial in the Superior Court (Kennebec County), the defendant, Louis Rancourt, II, was convicted of manslaughter. On appeal, the defendant contends that errors were committed in the jury voir dire examination, in evidentiary rulings during the trial, and in the jury instructions. We affirm the judgment below.

The defendant was charged with murder resulting from the May 10, 1980 killing of Stephen Quimby. The state...

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