Legal Opinion
Reed v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 13, 1972PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
On May 20, 1965 petitioner was tried and found guilty by a jury in the Superior Court (Penobscot County) and was thus adjudged convicted of murder. Because he sought direct review of his conviction — and pursuant to the then requirement of 15 M. R.S.A. § 1701 concerning a conviction of an offense punishable only by life imprisonment — sentencing of petitioner (manda-torily to life imprisonment) was postponed until after a final decision had been rendered by the Law Court. On September 15, 1967, after decision of the Law Court had been produced, 1 petitioner was sentenced to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- B. B. Wilson v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Green v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
- Younie v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
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- State v. RaineySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1953
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3Cited by9 opinions
- People v. DrakeNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
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- Carlson v. OliverSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- Norris v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
- People v. HarperCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1987
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