Legal Opinion
Clement v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 28, 1983PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
On Paul Clement’s appeal from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, the only issue 1 involves his competence to stand trial on March 4, 1980, the day on which a justice of the Superior Court (Cumberland County) sitting without a jury tried him and found him guilty of burglary and theft. 2 Clement’s burglary and theft convictions resulted from his entering a Portland residence and stealing three pairs of women’s underpants. After a full eviden-tiary hearing on the issue of Clement’s trial competence, the Supreme Judicial Court justice who heard the…
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