Supreme Judicial Court of Maine July 31, 1995 (State v. Eirby)

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Lee Eirby appeals from a judgment of conviction for aggravated assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 208 (1983), entered in the Superi- or Court (Androscoggin County, Alexander, J.) following a jury trial. He contends that the court erred in excluding as hearsay a racially derogatory statement made by the victim’s foster brother.