Legal Opinion
State v. Gatcomb
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 1, 1984PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLASSMAN, Justice.
Kenneth Gatcomb appeals from an order entered January 3, 1984 which denied his motion for a new trial filed July 21, 1983, pursuant to M.R.Crim.P. 33, alleging he was not tried by an impartial jury. Finding the Superior Court should not have entertained the motion, we vacate the order.
On January 28, 1983, judgment was entered against the defendant, following a jury trial in the Superior Court, Hancock County, in which he was found guilty of two counts of gross sexual misconduct, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253.
During the pendency of an appeal from the judgment, 1 defense counsel learned…
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