Legal Opinion
State v. Sumabat
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 30, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
Just before midnight on December 1, 1987, a robbery took place at the Big Apple convenience store on State Street in Augusta. George Sprague, the employee on duty, was robbed and killed. Three days later Raymond A. Sumabat was arrested in Orlando, Florida, in connection with these crimes. On December 1, 1988, after a three-day jury trial in Superior Court (Waldo County, Alexander, J.), Sumabat was convicted of murder and armed robbery. On appeal Sumabat challenges the admission of statements he made to police in Florida following his arrest. He also challenges the…
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