State v. Dowling

CARTER, Justice.

Following a hearing in the Superior Court, Washington County, the justice dis*498missed the indictments charging both defendants, Charles Dowling and Lyndell Dorr, with shooting a domestic animal, Class E, 12 M.R.S.A. § 7406(14) (1981) and with having a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle, Class E, 12 M.R.S.A. § 7406(8) (Supp.1982-83) and charging the defendant, Charles Dowling, alone, with the failure to render aid, Class C, 12 M.R.S.A. § 7406(15) (1981). Pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A (1980), the State appeals the dismissal of the indictments. We address the question whether…