Legal Opinion
State v. Larrivee
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 9, 1984PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The appeal of the Defendant, Jerry Larri-vee III, from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) following his conviction of armed robbery, raises issues concerning the voluntariness of his confessions and whether there was sufficient evidence to require jury instructions on the defense of duress.
We affirm the judgment.
The Defendant and a friend, Jay King, visited Michael Farris, an inmate of the county jail in Portland, in December, 1981. There they delivered stolen goods to Farris, as it appears they had often done before. On this occasion it was also…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by28 opinions
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