Legal Opinion

State v. Langill

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 12, 1989PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLLINS, Justice.

Defendants Timothy Langill, Bernard Taylor and John Chiudina appeal on a variety of grounds from a jury verdict in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Brody, C.J.) finding them guilty of gross sexual misconduct pursuant to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253 (1983). We affirm their convictions.

Defendants and the victim were incarcerated in the same cell block in the Kennebec County Jail at the time of the incident. Defendants Taylor and Langill initiated the incident in the victim’s cell by repeatedly hitting him. When the victim asked them to stop, defendant Taylor told the victim that…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. State v. BarrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  3. United States v. CrestaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
  4. State v. CollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
  5. United States v. BarberCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. CaronSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
  2. State v. ClarkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2008
  3. State v. WhittenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
  4. State v. Bjorkaryd-BradburySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2002
  5. State of Maine v. Clifford W. ThorntonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2015

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