Legal Opinion

State v. Carey

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided November 30, 1971Published

1Opinion of the Court

POMEROY, Justice.

17 M.R.S.A. § 859 provides:

“Any person who shall be found to have caused, induced, abetted, encouraged or contributed toward the waywardness or delinquency of a child under the age of 17, or to have acted in any way tending to cause or induce such waywardness or delinquency, * *

A Kennebec County jury, after trial, has found by its verdict that the defendant has committed this crime.

Judgment was entered on the verdict and appeal was seasonably taken.

Although many issues are raised by the defendant in this appeal, including an attack on the constitutionality of the statute, we…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. BarnetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1962
  2. Gray v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1968

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