Legal Opinion
State v. Rhoades
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 9, 1977PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, Justice.
Stephen B. Rhoades was indicted, tried before a jury, and convicted of reckless homicide. 29 M.R.S.A. § 1315. 1 The crime is alleged to have been committed on March 31, 1976, prior to the repeal of Section 1315. Judgment of guilt having been entered on the verdict, Mr. Rhoades appealed, which appeal we now deny.
FACTS
On March 31, 1976, at “about nine o’clock” in the evening, Cheryl Reed was driving her 1973 Chevrolet Vega westerly on Route 202 in Winthrop while the appellant was driving his GMC pickup truck easterly thereon. The two vehicles were involved in nearly a head-on…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. CollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- State v. WarnerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Pearl Davis Bellard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- State v. LondonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1960
- State v. HamiltonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1953
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BuielMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- State v. BellinoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- State v. LongleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- State v. HerbestSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
- State v. DutrembleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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