Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1977

State v. Parker

State v. Parker
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided November 3, 1977 · Archibald, Dela, Godfrey, Hanty, McKusick, Nichols, Pomer, Wernick
379 A.2d 380; 1977 Me. LEXIS 385 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Parker

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

This matter comes here on appeal by the Defendant from his conviction in the court below of the sale of a potent medicinal substance, valium, in violation of 22 M.R. S.A. § 2210. He alleges error in the denial by that court of his motion for a new trial, based upon newly discovered evidence, brought pursuant to Rule 33, M.R.Cr.P.

The Defendant was accorded a full evi-dentiary hearing in the court below. The denial of his motion was essentially a determination of fact. It was not clearly erroneous. State v. Sawyer, 314 A.2d 830, 834 (Me. 1974).

The entry must be:

Appeal denied.

All Justices concur.

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