Legal Opinion

State v. Kelly

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 21, 1977PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WERNICK, Justice.

An indictment returned June 29, 1976 charged that on May 21, 1976 defendant Michael Kelly committed the crime of “burglary” (17-A M.R.S.A. § 401) at the Montel-lo School in Lewiston as well as the crime of “theft” from the school of assorted hand and power tools (17-A M.R.S.A. § 353). Pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A, the State asks this Court to review a pre-trial ruling of a Justice of the Superior Court (Androscoggin County) suppressing particular matters as evidence.

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Preliminarily, we must consider the nature of the review we are here asked to undertake since, on one…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. State v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1981
  3. State v. AkubaSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2004
  4. State v. GriffinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  5. Board of Overseers of the Bar v. LeeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980

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