State v. Lajoie
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of baiting deer and hunting from an observation stand overlooking deer bait. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the instructions given by the trial court fairly and accurately informed the jury of all necessary elements of the governing law, and therefore, Defendant was not deprived of a fair trial; and (2) statements by the prosecutor during his opening and closing that purported to explain that hunting regulations and statutes were premised on a need to keep a level playing field among hunters were improper, but the error was not plain, nor did the error affect Defendant’s substantial rights or the outcome of the trial.
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