Legal Opinion
State v. Ledger
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 26, 1982PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
The defendant, Harold Ledger, has appealed from a judgment of conviction entered in the Superior Court, Somerset County, on a jury verdict finding him guilty of the murder of his wife, Carrie Ledger, in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A). 1 We deny the appeal and affirm the judgment of conviction.
The jury would have been warranted in finding the following facts. The defendant resided in Smithfield with the victim, his wife, Carrie Ledger, until February 10, 1980. Shortly after he' left the Smithfield home, the victim initiated a divorce action. The defendant thereafter…
2Cases cited65 opinions
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- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by42 opinions
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