Legal Opinion
State v. Gellers
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 4, 1971PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
Seasonably after the return of a verdict of guilty of the crime of unlawful possession of Cannabis Sativa L, 22 M.R.S.A. § 2362, the defendant has appealed from the judgment entered thereon.
The indictment, which was the keystone of the prosecution, was originally in three Counts. Trial was had only on Counts I and II, each of which charged unlawful possession of Cannabis Sativa L at a different time.
The jury found the defendant not guilty of Count I and guilty of Count II.
We uphold the judgment for reasons which are hereafter stated.
The Points on Appeal are many. We choose to…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DanielsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- State v. AllenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- State v. MathesonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- State v. GoyetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- State v. FrielSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
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