Legal Opinion
State v. Castonguay
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 24, 1968PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.
The defendant was convicted of the robbery of the Wilton branch of the Depositors Trust Company in the Franklin Superior Court by a Justice sitting in a jury waived session. The issues are whether the defendant was deprived of certain constitutional rights and whether testimony was erroneously admitted into evidence. The defendant’s appeal is sustained. 17 M.R.S.A. § 3401.
The following facts are substantiated by the record:
On April 15, 1965 the bank was “held up” by a masked man who at the point of a loaded revolver compelled bank employees to deliver money to him.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- State v. O'ClairSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- Commonwealth v. CepulonisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- State v. TardiffSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- Bailey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
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