Legal Opinion
State v. Dall
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 31, 1973PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBBER, Justice.
The appellant was tried, jury waived, by a single Justice of the Superior Court and convicted of receiving stolen property. The applicable statute is 17 M.R.S.A., Sec. 3551 which provides:
“Whoever buys, receives or aids in concealing stolen property, knowing it to be stolen, shall be punished:
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The conviction of the person who stole the property need not be averred or proved. * * *”
The statute describes but one offense which, however, may be committed in any one of three modes. State v. Nelson (1849), 29 Me. 329. In the instant case it was incumbent upon the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. RomanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. DiRienzoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1969
- People v. TaylorCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
- Wertheimer & Goldberg v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1929
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. GabrielSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- State v. CraftWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. RandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- State v. JacksonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
- State v. ThibodeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
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