Legal Opinion
State v. Heald
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 6, 1972PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBBER, Justice.
The defendant Heald, tried for murder, was convicted by a jury of manslaughter. His appeal has been ably presented by counsel appointed by the Court for that purpose but who was not defendant’s counsel at the time of trial.
The jury could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that at about 4:00 P.M. on January 16, 1965 one Ethlyn Hamilton and her son Wayne came to Belfast by automobile; that by prior arrangement they met Edna Hamilton, victim of this homicide, at the “frozen food locker;” that they were related to Mrs. Hamilton by marriage; that they drove Mrs. Hamilton to the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- People v. MattesonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
- State v. WhiteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
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3Cited by28 opinions
- People v. LeeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. HealdSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- State v. HiltonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
- People v. BuckMichigan Court of Appeals · 1991
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