Legal Opinion
State v. Howes
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 17, 1981PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
Relying on the authorization set forth in 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A(2),1 the State of Maine has appealed from a judgment of acquittal entered in favor of the defendant John Francis Howes. The presiding justice ordered such judgment entered notwithstanding the verdict of a jury which found defendant guilty of the crime of arson committed in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 802.
The indictment against defendant, returned on March 5, 1979 to the Superior Court (Penobscot County), charged that the crime of arson had been committed on April 17, 1977 in connection with a fire that destroyed…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Hudson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by28 opinions
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