Legal Opinion

State v. Vance C.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided January 13, 1986Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

The District Court (Augusta), sitting as the Juvenile Court, adjudged that defendant Vance C. had committed two juvenile crimes, burglary and theft by unauthorized taking, 17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 401, 353 (1983). On appeal the Superior Court (Kennebec County) affirmed, and so do we. The standard of review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support that adjudication is the same as in an adult criminal case. State v. S.* * * G.* * *, 438 A.2d 256, 258 (Me.1981). On reviewing all of the evidence before the Juvenile Court, we cannot say that no trier of fact could rationally…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. DurganSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  2. State v. S. G.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981

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