Legal Opinion
United States v. Frechette
District Court, D. Maine
Decided June 10, 2005No. CRIM. 04-133-P-HPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT
HORNBY, District Judge.
John Frechette is charged with the federal offense of possessing a firearm after having previously been convicted in Maine state court of a 1996 misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. Frechette moved to dismiss the federal indictment (or, in the alternative, to suppress all evidence of his state conviction) on the basis that in state court he was denied his right to court-appointed counsel and not adequately advised of his right to jury trial. 1 Frechette sought an evidentiary hearing in this court to present testimony…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Custis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Iowa v. TovarSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- United States v. Willard HartsockCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. FrechetteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- State v. OuelletteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006