Legal Opinion
Austin v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 29, 1964PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarden, J.
On writ of error. Upon a ten count indictment (No. 1106) returned to the Superior Court in and for Lincoln County in November, 1959, petitioner was charged with kidnapping in counts 1 through 3, associated offenses not here pertinent in counts 4 through 9, and an allegation of previous conviction and State Prison sentence in count 10. Upon trial, at which petitioner was represented by court appointed counsel, he was found guilty on all counts except 7 (crime against nature) and sentenced to a mandatory life imprisonment.
Upon writ of error, in which he claimed that he was illegally sentenced,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gooch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- State v. HauptmannSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1935
- Jenness v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1949
- Pillsbury v. Kesslen Shoe Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1939
- State v. MichaudSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. BellinoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Stancil v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1989
- Austin v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
- State v. McIntyreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968