Legal Opinion
State v. Franco
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 19, 1976PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
An indictment returned on January 7, 1974, to the Superior Court (Penobscot County) charged that by killing Theodore J. Townsend, defendant Robert J. Franco had committed the crime of felonious homicide punishable as murder. Defendant was found guilty as charged by a jury and has appealed from the judgment of conviction entered on the verdict.
The appeal, which we deny, raises several issues pertaining to the admissibility of particular evidence and the sufficiency of the totality of the evidence to support the conviction.
The following facts could justifiably have been found…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- State v. CressSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
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