State of Maine v. John De St. Croix

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2020 ME 142

Docket: Pen-20-48 Argued: November 18, 2020 Decided: December 22, 2020 Panel: MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HUMPHREY, HORTON, and CONNORS, JJ. STATE OF MAINE v. JOHN DE ST. CROIX GORMAN, J. [¶1] In March of 2018, John De St. Croix locked two people into the cargo area of a box truck and then set the truck on fire. Both of the people locked inside the truck died. In March of 2019, a jury found De St. Croix guilty of one count of intentional, knowing, or depraved indifference murder, 17-A M.R.S. § 201(1)(A), (B) (2020); one count of…