Legal Opinion
State v. Higgins
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 8, 2002PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
[¶ 1] Franklin A. Higgins II appeals from the judgment of conviction entered in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Mead, C.J.) following a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder pursuant to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983). 1 Higgins asserts that the Superior Court erred by denying his motion to suppress. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.
I. CASE HISTORY
[¶2] On Sunday, February 28, 1999, Katherine Poor was found dead on the kitchen floor of her farmhouse apartment. When Maine State Police Detective Joseph Zamboni arrived at the scene, he surmised that Poor had been sexually…
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