Legal Opinion
State v. Bisson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 22, 1985PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The Defendant, Raymond M. Bisson, was convicted in Superior Court, Androscoggin County, for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 29 M.R.S.A. § 1312-B. On appeal he asserts that the Superior Court committed two reversible errors; it refused to instruct the jury on the defense of entrapment, and it limited the defense counsel’s cross-examination of the State’s sole witness.
Because we agree that the failure to instruct the jury regarding entrapment constituted reversible error, we must vacate the judgment of conviction.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- People v. BarrazaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
- United States v. Milford Burkley, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Woo Wai v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
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