State v. Murphy

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Samuel Murphy appeals from his convictions by a jury in Superior Court (Aroostook County) on two counts each of burglary, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 401 (Supp.1980), and theft, id. § 353, in connection with two break-ins that occurred in Castle Hill on August 4, 1980. From those break-ins, defendant and a companion netted a hunting knife and some silver dollars of a total value of about $200 from one victim and a couple of watches and more than $11,000 in cash from the other. The justice who had presided at trial sentenced defendant to three years imprisonment, all but…