Legal Opinion

State v. Powers

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided June 26, 1992PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The defendant, Paul Powers, appeals from the judgments of conviction entered in the Superior Court (York County, Bro-drick, J.) on jury verdicts finding him guilty of unlawful sexual contact, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 255 (Supp.1991) and gross sexual assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 253 (Supp. 1991).1 Powers contends that: 1) his confessions were not voluntary and should have been suppressed; 2) evidence of his previous false confession to the crime of burglary on a prior occasion was improperly excluded; 3) his motion to acquit based on the insufficiency of the evidence was improperly…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. State v. ChapmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  3. State v. LibbySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
  4. State v. RoweSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
  5. Fuller v. Central Maine Power Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. McCurdySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2002
  2. In Re Nathaniel B.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  3. State of Maine v. James PetersSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2026

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