Legal Opinion
State v. Newcomb
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 20, 1951PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurchie, C. J.
This case presents an appeal by a respondent, convicted of taking “indecent liberties” with a female child eleven years of age (see R. S., 1944, Chap. 121, Sec. 6), from the denial of his motion for a new trial, and his exceptions to three portions of the charge to the jury that found him guilty of the offense charged.
THE APPEAL
Counsel for the respondent argues that the appeal should be sustained on the ground that the charge as a whole, and not merely the particular portions thereof challenged by the exceptions, was prejudicial to the rights of his client. Authority for sustaining an appeal…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- State v. WrightSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1929
- State v. ZimnarukSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
- Commonwealth v. BemisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- State v. DodgeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1925
- State v. DziobSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. MannSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- State v. TraskSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
- State v. McFarlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- State v. MillerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
- State v. TulloSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
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