Legal Opinion

State v. Daley

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 21, 1980PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

After trial de novo in the Superior Court (Oxford County) on appeal from District Court convictions, a jury found defendant guilty of escape from arrest, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 755, and two counts of terrorizing, id. § 210. On appeal to the Law Court he asserts error in the jury instructions as to what constitutes an arrest and challenges the sufficiency of the complaints charging him with terrorizing. 1 We sustain the appeal on the first claim of error but affirm the convictions for terrorizing.

On December 23, 1978, in the town of Fryeburg, there occurred a high-speed chase…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. State v. PorterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  3. State v. BoisvertSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
  4. State v. HothamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
  5. State v. GreenlawSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. GriffinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  2. People v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  3. State v. MichaudSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
  4. Commonwealth v. HardwickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. Maguire v. Municipality of Old Orchard BeachDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1992

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