State v. Hickey

CARTER, Justice.

A Superior Court (Cumberland County) justice granted defendant’s motion to compel the State to elect between proceeding against the defendant on a charge of intentional murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983) or depraved indifference murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(B) (1983). The State appeals that order pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A(1) (Supp.1982-1983) and M.R.Crim.P. 37B. We sustain the appeal.

In November, 1981, the grand jury indicted the defendant for the offense of murder, alleging in the alternative that the defendant’s death-producing conduct fell within 17-A…