Legal Opinion
State v. Herbest
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 6, 1988PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFOED, Justice.
The defendant, Scott Herbest, appeals his conviction of manslaughter in the death of Michael Little, 17-A M.E.S.A. § 203 (1983), following a jury trial in Superior Court (Piscataquis County; Brown, A.R.J.). We affirm the judgment.
Michael Little, who the evidence showed was operating his motorcycle easterly on Eoute 16 in Sebee, was killed as the result of a broken neck. Little’s motorcycle was rear-ended by an automobile in a high-velocity, severe-impact collision. The motorcycle and Herbest’s 1977 AMC Gremlin were the two vehicles found at the scene. Just prior to the…
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