Legal Opinion
State v. White
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 7, 1972PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
On July 15, 1964, John J. White, the Appellant herein, met a young man in a restaurant in Portland, Maine. As a result of events leading from this chance encounter, the Appellant has three times stood before a Traverse Jury charged by an indictment with having committed the crime of sodomy.
The first of the trials on the indictment resulted in a conviction, appeal from which terminated successfully for the Appellant because prejudicial misinformation had been brought to the attention of the jury on cross-examination of the then Defendant. State v. White, Me., 217 A.2d 212…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- Daellenbach v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
- United States v. Glenn Dale SeawellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- People v. SullivanMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
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