Legal Opinion
State v. Flaherty
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 18, 1979PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The Defendant, Timothy F. Flaherty, appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of possession of a firearm by a felon (15 M.R.S.A. § 393 (Supp.1978)) entered on a jury verdict returned July 12, 1978 in Superior Court in Cumberland County. He asserts that portions of the applicable statutes were unconstitutionally vague and that the omission of a crucial jury instruction relating to the Defendant’s awareness of his control and possession of the firearm, constituted manifest error.
We sustain the appeal.
By an indictment returned May 3, 1978, the Defendant and his wife,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. McKeoughSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- People v. La PellaNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Barringer v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Rebel v. Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Knowlton v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
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