Legal Opinion

State v. Prewara

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 13, 1996PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Scott Prewara appeals from the sentences imposed in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, J.) following his guilty pleas to two counts of gross sexual assault. 17-A M.R.SA. § 253(1)(B) (Supp.1996) (Class A). 1 We disagree with Prewara’s contentions that a basic period of incarceration imposed by the court of forty years is excessive and that imposing consecutive sentences is inappropriate. The record, however, discloses that the court did not sufficiently distinguish between the maximum periods of incarceration and the final sentences, nor does the record indicate…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. State v. HeweySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
  3. State v. LewisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
  4. State v. MichaudSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
  5. State v. WoodSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. CooksonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
  2. State v. SweetSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
  3. State of Maine v. Theodore S. StanislawSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2013
  4. Alexandre v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2007
  5. State v. ShulikovSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998

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