Legal Opinion
State v. Cress
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 29, 1975PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.
Paul E. Cress and Michael E. Shone, in separate indictments, were charged with the crime of breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit larceny under 17 M.R.S.A. § 754. 1 Following con solidation of the cases for trial, both defendants were found guilty by a Kennebec County jury. Sentenced respectively to the Maine State Prison, each appeals the judgment of conviction. We deny the appeals.
The evidence before the jury disclosed the following facts. On the evening of December 17, 1972, at approximately 11:00 p. m., one Romeo Maheu, while looking out the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. RandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Wagner v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1979
- State v. ThibodeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- State v. CowperthwaiteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- State v. DunlapSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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