Legal Opinion

State v. Beal

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided June 9, 1982PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VIOLETTE, Justice.

On November 6,1980, the defendant, Marie Beal, was indicted by a Washington County grand jury (CR-80-156) for the offenses of attempted murder (17-A M.R.S.A. § 152) and aggravated assault with use of a firearm (17-A M.R.S.A. § 208) on her former husband Clyde Yeaton. At a jury trial she was convicted of aggravated assault with use of a firearm and acquitted of the attempted murder charge. On appeal, the defendant has raised two issues: (1) the presiding justice acted improperly in rejecting her plea of guilty to the information after he had accepted her plea; and (2) the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. JohnsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006
  2. State v. MaloSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
  3. State v. ComerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
  4. State v. LewisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  5. United States v. CollamoreDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1990

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