Legal Opinion
State v. Davenport
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 4, 1974PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.
Wayne Allen Davenport was convicted of committing an assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature upon the person of one Desmond Braley in violation of 17 M.R.S.A., § 201, for which offense he was sentenced to a term in Maine State Prison of not less than one and one half (1)4) years and not more than five (5) years. Davenport appealed to this Court. We deny the appeal.
Represented by attorney appointed by the Court on account of his indigency, the defendant has designated some eight points of error on appeal, many of which charged court-appointed trial counsel…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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3Cited by48 opinions
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