Legal Opinion
State v. Janisczak
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 17, 1990PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, Justice.
Stanley W. Janisczak appeals from a judgment of conviction entered after a jury trial in the Superior Court (Sagadahoc County, Bradford, J.) for obstructing government administration in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 751 (1983). Janisczak argues that the evidence of his actions presented at trial was insufficient to sustain this conviction because his actions deserve constitutional protection under both the First Amendment to the Federal Constitution and article I, § 4 of the Maine Constitution. We agree with the defendant, and we vacate the judgment of conviction.
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