Legal Opinion
State v. Hurd
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 13, 1976PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DELAHANTY, Justice.
Merwin W. Hurd appeals his conviction by a Cumberland County jury of two counts of rape 1 and two counts of kidnapping. 2 Appeal denied.
At approximately 1:30 a. m. on May IS, 1975, a high school senior who was driving home to Standish after visiting a friend in Westbrook stopped her car on an isolated road in response to a vehicle following closely behind her with a blue light flashing from its dashboard. A man got out of the other car, forced his way into the young woman’s automobile, brandished a knife at her, drove her to a secluded area and raped her. After the rape had…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. NorthupSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- State v. KelleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- State v. GagneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
- State v. BurnhamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
3Cited by49 opinions
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