Legal Opinion
State v. Rich
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 26, 1978PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
Following a jury trial begun on March 14, 1977, in Superior Court in Cumberland County, the Defendant, Leon F. Rich, was found guilty of homicide in the second degree 1 and of burglary while armed with a firearm. 2
The Defendant brings this appeal from the judgments of conviction entered upon those jury verdicts, raising several points which he deems to be reversible error. He directs his attack in the following areas: (1) denial of a request for recordation of grand jury proceedings; (2) the Superior Court’s granting of the State’s motion for joinder for trial of the eases…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lakeside v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Woodruff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1993
- State v. BleylSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- State v. GleasonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- State v. AndersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- State v. BlanchardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
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