Legal Opinion
State v. Staples
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 31, 1976PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEATHERBEE, Justice.
Co-defendants Gary Staples and Barry Brann were separately indicted for breaking, entering and larceny in the nighttime (17 M.R.S.A. § 2103) and-tried before a jury in the Superior Court of Franklin County on December 16 and 17, 1974. At the start of the trial and without objection from counsel, the Court consolidated the cases of the two defendants for trial. Of the four witnesses presented by the State, the most damaging doubtless was a 19-year-old inmate of the Men’s Correctional Center, Robert Dustin. Dustin claimed to have been a co-conspirator with the defendants and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Stack v. BoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Kimes v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Sorrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
- State v. WashingtonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1983
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