Legal Opinion
State v. Brooks
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 16, 1976PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, Justice.
The defendant was indicted, tried before a jury and convicted of breaking and entering with the intent to commit larceny. 17 M.R.S.A. § 754. He has appealed, claiming error in the denial of (1) his motion for the disclosure of the identity of a “secret informer” and (2) a motion for a mistrial.
We deny the appeal.
As the appeal is postured, it is unnecessary to analyze the facts. Suffice it to say that our review of the record clearly reveals an adequate factual basis which would justify a rational jury in concluding beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime charged in the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- United States v. Philip Vita and Jerald CarmelCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Narberto Angelo Portomene v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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