Legal Opinion

Francis T. Lemieux v. Allan L. Robbins, Warden, Maine State Prison

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 22, 1969No. 7296PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

On April 29, 1966 petitioner Lemieux assaulted one Judy Files. A complaint was lodged against him in the local district court charging an offense under 17 Maine R.S.A. § 201. 1 Petitioner pleaded not guilty. Following trial to the court he was found guilty and fined. Pursuant to Maine District Court Criminal Rules 37(a), 39(a), and (b) he “appealed” to the Superior Court for a trial de novo to a jury. The state thereupon presented petitioner to a grand jury, which indicted him for the same assault, following which action the state dismissed the complaint. Petitioner was…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  5. Eddie W. Patton v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. State v. SparrowSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
  3. State v. SpencerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
  4. State v. De BonisSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
  5. State v. EdenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979

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