Legal Opinion
State v. Wells
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 29, 1982PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
The State has appealed the dismissal by the Superior Court, Penobscot County, of an indictment charging Thomas Wells with Terrorizing (Class D), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 210. The Superior Court ruled that an earlier dismissal by the District Court of a complaint based on the identical charge precluded subsequent prosecution by way of indictment. We affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.
On July 14, 1981 the State filed a complaint in District Court, Bangor, charging Wells with an act of terrorizing on July 13, 1981. On July 23 the case was called in District Court. The defendant…
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