Legal Opinion
State v. Lapointe
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 24, 1976PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
On February 13, 1975 defendant Michael Lapointe was tried, jury-waived, in the Superior Court (Aroostook County) upon an indictment which, in appropriate separate counts, charged defendant with the crimes of abduction (17 M.R.S.A. § l), 1 kidnap ping (17 M.R.S.A. § 2051) 2 and sodomy (17 M.R.S.A. § 1001). 3
The Court acquitted defendant of kidnapping but found him guilty of abduction and sodomy. Defendant has appealed from the judgment of conviction entered as to each said charge.
We deny the appeal.
The Court was warranted in concluding that the evidence established the…
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- State v. CyrSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1938
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