Legal Opinion

State v. Sondergaard

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 5, 1974PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WERNICK, Justice.

An indictment returned (November 1972) to the Superior Court by a Lincoln County Grand Jury accused defendant, Jeffrey Sondergaard, of conduct in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701. 1 Specifically, the charge was:

“On or about May 28, 1972 in the Town of Whitefield, Lincoln County, Maine, Jeffrey Sondergaard did make to another, to wit, Joanne Lavoie an oral threat to injure one Robert S. Barnes, to wit, by then and there stating that he, the said Jeffrey Sondergaard was going to shoot the said Robert S. Barnes.”

Defendant was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Subsequently, with…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Gooding v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Lewis v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. PierceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  2. State v. John W.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  3. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1981
  4. State v. PorterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  5. Otte v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977

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