Legal Opinion
Laferriere v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 23, 1997PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Justice.
[¶ 1] Albenie Laferriere appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Marsano, J.) denying his petition for post-conviction review of his murder conviction following a guilty plea. On appeal, he contends that the court erred by rejecting his contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. We disagree and affirm the judgment.
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[¶ 2] On December 23,1992, Albenie Lafer-riere killed his wife Audrey by shooting her three times, twice in the chest and once in the back of the head, in the bedroom of Laferriere’s apartment in Van Burén.…
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