Legal Opinion
State v. Fredette
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 28, 1983PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VIOLETTE, Justice.
Defendant, Nancy A. Fredette, appeals from a judgment convicting her of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201 (1983), after a jury trial in Superior Court (Lincoln County). She contends, among other things, that the trial justice committed prejudicial error by admitting hearsay testimony from three prosecution witnesses. We agree and remand for a new trial.
About 7:15 a.m. on May 26,1978, Frederick Fredette was shot several times in the bedroom of his dwelling in Biddeford, Maine. He died the following day as a result of those gunshot wounds. At the time of the shooting, his wife and…
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