State v. Corliss

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

On November 24, 1976, a Superior Court jury in Androscoggin County found Scott N. Corliss, then 16 years of age,1 guilty of committing robbery with a firearm in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 3401-A (P.L. 1971, ch. 539, § 19).2 The presiding justice sentenced Corliss to five years at the Maine Correctional Center at Windham.3 On his appeal, the defendant, citing Breed v. Jones, 421 U.S. 519, 95 S.Ct. 1779, 44 L.Ed.2d 346 (1975), and State v. Knowles, Me., 371 A.2d 624 (1977), asserts that his trial and conviction in the Superior Court, in light of previous action against…