Opinion ID: 2301631
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Factual Finding

Text: [¶ 23] We review for clear error Gould's assertion that the court erred in its fact-finding. See State v. Kent, 2011 ME 42, ¶ 10, 15 A.3d 1286. At the hearing on Gould's motions, Detective Haines, the assistant district attorney, and a secretary in the District Attorney's office all testified that the lab report was delivered to the District Attorney's office and then given to Gould's attorney the morning of the trial. Gould's trial attorney testified that he recalled receiving the report close in time to the completion of the State's trial evidence. Because the court was free to base its factual findings on the testimony of the State's witnesses, it did not err in finding that the report was delivered prior to the beginning of trial and as soon as the assistant district attorney received it. See State v. Ahmed, 2006 ME 133, ¶ 21, 909 A.2d 1011 ([T]he court is free to determine which witnesses to believe and which evidence to accept or reject as trustworthy or untrustworthy.).