Legal Opinion
State v. Littlefield
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 20, 1977PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
Defendant Chandler Littlefield has appealed from judgments of conviction entered on September 26,1975 in the Superior Court (Waldo County) upon jury verdicts that defendant was guilty, as charged in separate indictments, of two unlawful homicides punishable as murder (17 M.R.S.A. § 2651). The appeals have been consolidated before this Court.
The jury had warrant to find the following facts.
On December 13, 1973, a Waldo County deputy sheriff had occasion to visit the residence of Joaquin Bettencourt and Florence Bettencourt (husband and wife) in Liberty, Maine. He found Mrs.…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by16 opinions
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