State v. Rice

WERNICK, Justice.

In a consolidated trial upon three indictments returned in the Superior Court (York County) against defendant Clark William Rice, Jr., the jury, on January 10, 1976, found defendant guilty of (Simple) Assault and Battery (17 M.R.S.A. § 201), Armed Assault and Battery (17 M.R.S.A. § 201-A) and Armed Robbery (17 M.R.S.A. § 3401-A). Defendant has appealed from the judgments of conviction entered on the verdicts.

We sustain the appeals as to all three judgments of conviction.

At approximately 6:30 p. m. on April 12, 1975 defendant and his wife Brenda were married. Later that…