Opinion ID: 2323932
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Admissibility of Evidence Pertaining to Duct Tape and Sufficiency of the Evidence

Text: [¶ 31] Taylor's remaining arguments do not require extensive discussion. The court did not err or abuse its discretion in admitting, over Taylor's objection, testimonial or photographic evidence concerning the presence of duct tape in Taylor's vehicle or his stepfather's missing a roll of duct tape from his garage contemporaneously with Taylor borrowing the wonder bar. See M.R. Evid. 401, 402, 403; State v. Roberts, 2008 ME 112, ¶ 21, 951 A.2d 803 (stating that, when a party preserved an objection to the admission of evidence, we review the court's determination of relevance of the evidence for clear error and its weighing of the probative value of the evidence against the risk of unfair prejudice for an abuse of discretion); see also id. ¶ 28 (stating that a photograph is admissible if it is an accurate depiction, relevant, and its probative value is not outweighed by any tendency toward unfair prejudice). [¶ 32] Finally, the evidence was sufficient to support a finding that, when, in violation of a temporary order for protection from harassment, Taylor parked off-site, walked to the victim's home in the dark of night wearing dark clothing including gloves and surreptitiously broke into her home through a basement window, he did so with the specific intent to commit a crime therein, that is, to criminally threaten or assault the victim. See 17-A M.R.S. § 401(1)(B)(4); see also 17-A M.R.S. §§ 207, 207-A(1)(A), 209, 209-A(1)(A) (2010); State v. Cook, 2010 ME 81, ¶ 7, 2 A.3d 313 (stating the standard of review and that determining the credibility of witnesses is within the exclusive province of the jury); State v. Atkinson, 458 A.2d 1200, 1205 (Me.1983) (stating, in affirming a judgment of conviction for burglary, that [i]f evidence establishes that after defendant made an unauthorized entry into a structure he [committed a crime] therein, a jury is permitted to infer that he had the intent to commit the [crime] at the time of entry). [¶ 33] Because we affirm the judgment, we do not reach the State's argument that the court erred in admitting evidence of an alternative suspect. See 15 M.R.S. § 2115-A(3) (2010). The entry is: Judgment affirmed.