Legal Opinion
State v. Drake
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 12, 1974PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEATHERBEE, Justice.
On April 5, 1973 a complaint was issued from the District Court in Augusta charging the Defendant with a violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 3953, the disorderly conduct statute. 1 The relevant language of the complaint reads as follows:
“That, on or about the 1st day of April, 1973, in the City of Augusta, County of Kennebec and State of Maine, the above named defendant, Daryl Drake, did then and there create a breach of the peace by then and there doing a certain offensive act to the annoyance of one Richard Arnold, the said Richard Arnold being then and there an officer of the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Lewis v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Brown v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. John W.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- State v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1982
- State v. JanisczakSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
- State v. PerrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
- Nichols v. ChaconDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 2000
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