Legal Opinion
State v. Clark
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 3, 1978PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
An indictment returned September 3, 1975 in the Superior Court (Knox County) charged that on or about July 14, 1975 defendant Steven R. Clark killed Jared D. Wright in manner rendering the killing an unlawful homicide punishable as murder (17 M.R.S.A. § 2651). Tried before a jury, defendant was found guilty as charged.
We deny defendant’s appeal from the judgment of conviction.
In April 1975, defendant began living with Judith Wright and her two children, Jared and Cammie. On July 14,1975 in the morning, defendant drove Judith Wright to her place of employment and then returned…
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- Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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