Legal Opinion

State v. Perfetto

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided January 30, 1981PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The defendant, William Perfetto, appeals from a judgment of conviction of manslaughter, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A), following a jury trial in the Superior Court, Somerset County. The only issue raised on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of the jury. We affirm the judgment.

On November 3, 1979, the opening day of deer season, Francis Brawn and his son, Thon, kept a prearranged hunting date with the defendant. Brawn and his son had risen early, eaten breakfast and driven to the Athens home of the defendant, arriving just before 6:00 a. m. It was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. LagasseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  3. State v. HowardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  4. State v. BoyerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  5. State v. FlahertySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. BleylSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  2. State v. ReardonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
  3. State v. MahaneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  4. United States v. Baez-MartinezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2020
  5. State of Maine v. Kristina I. LoweSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2015

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