Legal Opinion
State v. Murphy
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 30, 1985PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
Defendant Maurice Murphy appeals his conviction in Superior Court (Hancock County) of murder and Class A robbery committed upon Maxine Eaton, late of Northeast Harbor, on June 11,1982. After his indictment on those charges, defendant pleaded both' not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, and elected under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 40 (1983) to have a bifurcated trial. In the first stage of the trial, a jury found that the State had proved beyond a reasonable doubt all elements of the substantive offenses of murder and robbery. In the second stage, which was tried…
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3Cited by24 opinions
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