Legal Opinion
State v. Nichols
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 5, 1974PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEATHERBEE, Justice.
On November 9, 1972, Wendy Nichols, the daughter of Richard and Patricia Nichols, was taken to hospitals in Brunswick and Portland and died three days thereafter. Mr. Nichols was subsequently charged with felonious homicide punishable as manslaughter relating to his daughter’s death and was acquitted of that charge by the Court on June 29, 1973. He then entered a guilty plea to a separate charge of high and aggravated assault.
On July 5, 1973, Mrs. Nichols was indicted by a grand jury for felonious homicide punishable as murder for the death of Wendy. In September of 1973…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. SpockCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Carlos MarcelloCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- State v. LizotteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
- State v. CloutierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- United States v. Flora Purin and Ernani Da SilvaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. ArmstrongSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
- State v. BowmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
- State v. LibbySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- State v. WilloughbySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
- State v. WatsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
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