STATE v. GOSSELIN


594 A.2d 1102 (1991)

STATE of Maine v. Clarence GOSSELIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Carpenter, Atty. Gen., Donald W. Macomber (orally), Pamela Ames, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Robert Mullen (orally), Linnell, Choate & Webber, Auburn, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS and BRODY, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

At the conclusion of a jury-waived trial, the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Delahanty, C.J.) convicted defendant Clarence Gosselin of manslaughter, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A) (Supp.1990), and imposed the maximum 40-year sentence of imprisonment, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1252(2)(A) (Supp.1990). Defendant has taken appeals from both the conviction and the sentence, but this opinion addresses only the first of those appeals.

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