Legal Opinion

State v. Smith

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 15, 1976PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WERNICK, Justice.

Defendant Clarence G. Smith has appealed from the judgment of conviction entered in the Superior Court (Oxford County) on the verdict of a jury finding defendant guilty of having committed, on March 2, 1976, the crime of “Breaking, Entering and Larceny” (17 M.R.S.A. § 2103).

We deny the appeal.

The jury was entitled to find the following facts.

On the morning of August 14, 1975, defendant Smith asked an acquaintance, James D. Cook, to drive him in Cook’s car from Rumford to Brunswick. Defendant made the request in Cook’s apartment located on the third floor of a building in…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Turner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Barnes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. United States v. GaineySupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. RiceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
  2. State v. FieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
  3. State v. MimmovichSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
  4. State v. HillmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
  5. State v. HallSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978

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