Legal Opinion
State v. Hanson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 31, 1984PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Justice.
Defendant Eugenia Hills Hanson appeals from a denial by the Superior Court (Ken-nebec County) of a motion to dismiss an indictment charging her with a violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 303 (1983), criminal re Straint by a parent. Defendant contends that the criminal indictment is barred on the grounds of double jeopardy by a prior judgment entered in the district court in an action for contempt brought by her former husband. We find no error in the Superior Court’s denial of the motion and we deny the appeal.
Following the return of an indictment in the Superior Court charging…
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