Legal Opinion
State v. Ingalls
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 25, 1988PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
After a jury trial in Superior Court (Cumberland County) defendant Bryan Ingalls was convicted of Class A robbery (17-A M.R.S.A. § 651(1) (1983)) and Class C possession of a firearm by a felon (15 M.R.S.A. § 393 (1980)). On his appeal defendant contends that the prosecuting attorney in closing argument twice impermissibly commented on his refusal to testify at trial and also contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. We find no merit in defendant’s sufficiency of the evidence contention or characterization of one of…
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- Anderson v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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