Legal Opinion
State v. Stackpole
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 12, 1975PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DELAHANTY, Justice.
Michael D. Stackpole was indicted by the Somerset County Grand Jury for a felonious homicide punishable as murder. From a jury verdict finding him guilty of that crime, he has appealed. We deny the appeal.
The trial jury which decided the defendant’s guilt was entitled to find the following facts.
The defendant, an eighteen-year-old farmhand with a seventh-grade education and an estimated I.Q. of 76, was a second cousin and acquaintance of the victim, a ten-year-old female named Roxanne Gilk-ey. Shortly after 3:00 p. m. on January 31, 1972, on a clear, but cold day, the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- State v. CollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- State v. ParkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963
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3Cited by7 opinions
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