Legal Opinion
State v. Collins
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 8, 1972PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
A Superior Court jury (Washington County) found defendant (who had pleaded “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of insanity”) guilty of unlawfully killing another human being in manner constituting murder. 1 His appeal from the judgment of conviction raises several points for decision.
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Defendant maintains that his motion for a change of venue, grounded on allegedly prejudicial effects of pre-trial newspaper publicity, was erroneously denied.
The ruling of the presiding Justice will be upheld unless there was an abuse of sound discretion. State v. Hale, 157 Me. 361, 172 A.2d…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by159 opinions
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- State v. JamesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- State v. ClabornWashington Supreme Court · 1981
- State v. BleylSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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