Legal Opinion
State v. Norton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 1, 1955PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTapley, J.
On exceptions and appeal. The respondent was indicted under provisions of Sec. 6 of Chap. 121 of R. S., 1944 (now Sec. 6 of Chap. 134 of R. S., 1954) for taking indecent liberties with his stepdaughter, she being of the age of fourteen years. He was tried at the June Term, 1954 of the Superior Court for the County of Kennebec. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The respondent was sentenced to a term of two years in the Maine State Prison.
During the course of the "trial the respondent took exceptions to the admission of testimony and to the refusal of the presiding justice to grant a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- State v. WilliamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1884
- McCann v. TwitchellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1917
- State v. BerubeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1942
- State v. KingsburySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1870
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. DeLongSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
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- State v. BrownSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- State v. LoylandNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1967
- Quinn v. MooreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
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