Legal Opinion
State v. Deveau
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 24, 1976PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHIBALD, Justice.
On appeal.
An Aroostook County grand jury indicted the defendant, charging:
“On or about November 12, 1974, at Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, Per-ley Deveau did unlawfully assault [-p***** m*****^ a female who had not attained her 14th birthday, to wit: having attained her twelfth birthday, with the intent to ravish and carnally know [L***** M*****] by force and against her will.”
The act charged in this indictment is proscribed by 17 M.R.S.A. § 3153, which provides:
“Whoever assaults a female who has attained her 14th birthday with intent to commit a rape shall be punished…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. McKeoughSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Commonwealth v. RoosnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- State v. McDonoughSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- State v. LeemanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
- State v. WorreySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. PabonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2011
- State v. PierceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- Steele v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1989
- State v. ChapmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- State v. ChildsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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