Legal Opinion
State v. Therriault
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 31, 1984PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VIOLETTE, Justice.
Dennis Therriault was convicted of rape, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 252(a)(A) (1983), by a jury after a two day trial held on October 27 and 28, 1982.1 He appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the Superior Court, Androscoggin County, on January 6, 1983, and assigns several points of error. Because we find that the presiding justice’s refusal to admit in evidence an exculpatory police report offered by defendant constituted prejudicial error, we vacate the judgment of conviction. Although this issue is dispositive of the appeal, we find it necessary to discuss two of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Mabry v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. Paul v. OatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- State v. TrueSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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