Legal Opinion
State v. St. Onge
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 18, 1978PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The Defendant, Ronald St. Onge, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury in Knox County of robbery, 1 and has appealed from the judgment of conviction to this Court.
We deny the appeal.
Again we are confronted by a challenge to pre-trial and in-court identifications. Here our task is not to develop rules of law; rather, it is the formidable task of applying rules of law already enunciated to the unique facts of this case.
During the evening of March 14, 1977, James Jenkins and his wife attended the Owl’s Head town meeting. Driving home at approximately 9:25 P.M., they noticed,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State v. LeClairSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- State v. BakerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- State v. CommeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
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