Legal Opinion

State v. Young

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 13, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIPEZ, Justice.

[¶ 1] Floyd Young, Jr. appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Knox County, Kravchuk, J.) following a jury verdict finding him guilty of theft by deception in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A § 354 (1983). 1 Young argues that there was insufficient evidence for the jury to find that he failed to disclose the existence of a mortgage on property that he sold to the victims, Daniel and Kristie Bourkas. He also contends that reliance by the Bourkases on his alleged nondisclosure of the mortgage is an essential element of the crime of theft by deception, and that there was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. BarrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  2. State v. SaylorSupreme Court of Kansas · 1980
  3. King v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  4. State v. CaseyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1996
  5. Commonwealth v. ImesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. GarciaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2015
  2. State v. McLaughlinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2009
  3. Smith v. The City of Dothan, AlabamaDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2020

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