State v. Blais

DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice. 1

On January 7, 1976, the Grand Jury in and for the County of Cumberland indicted Stephen Blais, the defendant, for the crime of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 201 which was in effect at the time the crime charged was committed. 2 Tried before a Cumberland County jury, Blais was found guilty of simple assault and battery. Sentenced to a term of imprisonment at the Men’s Correctional Center 3 in South Wind-ham on February 20, 1976, the defendant forthwith filed a motion in arrest of judgment pursuant to Rule…