State v. Willette

GODFREY, Justice.

Defendant Roger Willette was indicted for second degree arson (17 M.R.S.A. § 161) by a Cumberland County grand jury. His first trial ended in a hung jury and a mistrial. Defendant was retried, found guilty by verdict of a Superior Court jury, and now appeals from the judgment of conviction. We sustain the appeal.

The State has filed a motion in this Court to dismiss the appeal because the defendant did not comply with Rule 37, M.R.Crim.P. On May 24, 1978, the defendant filed a notice of appeal “from the verdict of guilty entered on the 17th day of May, 1978.” The notice of…