Legal Opinion
State v. Shackford
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 19, 1970PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
Ernest B. Shackford, Jr., then a 15-year old boy, was on July 1, 1964, found not guilty of the crime of murder, because the jury found the act of killing was the product of a mental disease or mental defect from which he was suffering at the time of the commission of the act. His commitment to the custody of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Corrections pursuant to the provisions of Title 15 M.R.S.A. Sec. 103, followed.
After receiving a report from the Superintendent of the Augusta State Hospital, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Corrections notified the Court on…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gerald C. Bolton v. David W. Harris, Acting Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Donald Ragsdale v. Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Gunther v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- State v. ParkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963
- Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital v. John D. LeachCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. CollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- Taylor v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental RetardationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- Chase v. KearnsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
- Green v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental RetardationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
- In Re FlemingSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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