Legal Opinion
State v. Larson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 2, 1990PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
Dennis Larson appeals the judgment of the Superior Court (Hancock County, Smith, J.), entered after a jury-waived trial, convicting him of intentionally or knowingly causing the death of his wife Kathy Frost Larson by pushing her off Otter Cliffs in Acadia National Park. Finding no error in any of the court’s rulings and finding ample evidence to support Larson’s conviction, we affirm.
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The Facts
Following a divorce from his second wife in Montana in May 1987, Dennis Larson came to Maine in June to work as a construction electrician in East Millinocket. 1 He promptly…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. BarrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
- State v. CollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- State v. MikulewiczSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- State v. LedgerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- State v. WhiteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- State v. CottonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- State v. HollandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2012
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