State v. Cheney, 55 A.3d 473, 2012ME 119 (Me. 2012)

State v. Cheney, 55 A.3d 473, 2012ME 119 (Me. 2012)

Cheney argues that the court erred in refusing to permit him to impeach the detective's earlier testimony by playing the audio recording of the detective's comments or questioning the detective about his recorded statements that the boyfriend's car smelled like blood and smelled like the scene. [4] We review a trial court's decision to admit or exclude evidence for an abuse of discretion. State v. Patton, 2012 ME 101, ΒΆ 24, 50 A.3d 544.
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