Legal Opinion
State v. Lagasse
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 24, 1980PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLASSMAN, Justice.
By indictment returned on January 9, 1979, the defendant, Melvin B. Lagasse, Jr., was charged with murder in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) and (B). Following a jury trial in the Superior Court, Androscoggin County, the defendant was found guilty of the lesser included pífense of manslaughter. 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203. On appeal from this conviction the defendant alleges numerous errors. We affirm the judgment of conviction of manslaughter.
About 8:30 on the evening of December 29, 1978, the defendant and his girl friend, Jane, were engaged in a heated argument on the…
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