Legal Opinion
State v. Sapiel
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 30, 1981PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
Indicted for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 353 (Supp. 1979), 1 the Defendant, Richard Sapiel, was found guilty by a Penobscot County jury on February 25, 1980. The following day the same jury returned a guilty verdict on an ancillary indictment for habitual theft, 15 M.R.S.A. § 757 (1980). 2
Appealing from the judgments entered thereon in Superior Court, the Defendant raises five issues, contending: (1) the war-rantless search and seizure of the Defendant’s automobile was in violation of the Maine and United States Constitutions; (2) the presiding…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State v. ReevesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
- State v. BahreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- State v. DurganSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- State v. DubeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
- State v. FrielSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
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