Legal Opinion
State v. Upton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 3, 1976PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, Justice.
On July 28, 1974, the Kittery Trading Post was the scene of two homicides. The manager of the Trading Post, Wayne Lor-ing, was fatally shot as was one of his employees, Nancy Upton, the wife of the defendant. The defendant was indicted for these homicides and entered pleas of “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect” to both charges. In a consolidated trial the jury returned a guilty verdict on the indictment charging the murder of Wayne Loring. On the indictment charging the murder of Nancy Upton, however, the jury returned a verdict of “not…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- United States v. Joseph MayburyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- State v. ColemanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- State v. TibbettsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. EllingwoodSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- State v. SnowSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
- State v. PowersSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- State v. EngstromSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- State v. PrudenzanoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
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