Legal Opinion
State v. Ferris
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 24, 1969PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAPLEY, Justice.
On appeal. The appellant was indicted for the crime of manslaughter. The case was tried before a jury in the Superior Court, within and for the County of York. The jury returned a verdict of “guilty of assault.” Following the rendition of the verdict the presiding Justice found, on the basis of the evidence produced at the trial, that th"e assault was of a high and aggravated nature. Defendant was sentenced to a term of not less than 1)4 years and not more than 5 years in the State Prison. Counsel for defendant, after the State rested, made a motion for a directed judgment of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. ParkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1963
- State v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1944
- State v. McKrackernSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1945
- Rell v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1939
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- State v. DavenportSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- State v. SchofieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2005
- State v. GoodwinSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
- Francis T. Lemieux v. Allan L. Robbins, Warden, Maine State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
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