State v. Blouin

WERNICK, Justice.

On July 26, 1976, defendant Alphonse P. Blouin, Jr. was charged in separate indictments in the Superior Court (Kennebec County) with the offenses of arson (17-A M.R.S.A. § 802) and burglary (17-A M.R. S.A. § 401). In a consolidated trial held in November 1976 a jury found defendant guilty as charged in each indictment.

Defendant has appealed from each of the judgments of conviction. We deny each appeal.

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