Legal Opinion

State v. Fernald

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 19, 1968PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

On appeal.

On the morning of August 12, 1965, Jur-gen Boerner, the night clerk at the Marion Village Motel in Rockport, was found dead. Examination disclosed that he had died as a result of three gunshot wounds. The office showed signs of having been ransacked and a quantity of money was apparently missing from the cash register.

The defendant, a young man of eighteen who lived in Camden, had been employed at the Motel and about a week before the death of Boerner the defendant had stopped working and was heard in a bitter altercation with Boerner over money which the…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Frendak v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. State v. WhiteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
  3. State v. PullenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
  4. State v. FredetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  5. State v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971

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