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506 A.2d 579

State v. Hamilton

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 21, 1986

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1986-03-21

Relies on State v. Hanson

Decided 1986-03-21

¶1MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

¶2The Defendant, Lawrence Hamilton, appeals from his conviction of aggravated criminal mischief, 17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 805 (1983) and 1252 (1983 & Supp.1985) in Superior Court in Oxford County, arguing (a) that the doctrine under which the issue of the sufficiency of the State’s case in chief against a defendant cannot be reviewed on appeal if he presents evidence on his own behalf deprives him of due process of law and (b) the evidence was insufficient for a jury rationally to find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

¶3Clearly, the first issue is controlled by our decision in State v. Hanson, 331 A.2d 375, 376 (Me.1975). On the second issue he makes what is essentially a jury argument and it is without merit here.

¶4Our entry will be:

¶5Judgment affirmed.

¶6All concurring.

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