Legal Opinion

State v. Sproul

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 21, 1988PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATHEN, Justice.

A jury in the Superior Court (Knox County) found defendant Donald F. Sproul guilty of two counts of ballot tampering. 21-A M.R.S.A. § 674(2)(B) (Supp.1987). 1 After trial, the presiding justice granted defendant’s motion for acquittal on the second of the two counts. Defendant now appeals from the remaining conviction on count one and argues that a number of his motions were improperly denied, that the trial justice improperly changed the venue of the trial, and that the trial justice erred on a number of evidentiary rulings. Pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 2115-A (1980) and…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. State v. LagasseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  4. State v. PhilbrickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  5. State v. PlaczekSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. LarsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
  2. State v. OkenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
  3. State v. ChasseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2002

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