Legal Opinion
State v. Crocker
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 18, 1981PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
A Penobscot County jury found defendant Vinal Crocker guilty of murder, 17 — A M.R.S.A. § 201 (Supp. 1980), in connection with the death of his five-year-old stepson, Timothy. On his appeal, defendant raises numerous claims of error. We affirm his conviction.
*62FACTS
On Friday evening, November 24, 1978, five-year-old Timothy Crocker was brought by his mother, Martha Crocker, to the emergency room of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bangor. At the time, Timothy was comatose, having suffered an injury to the right side of his head, resulting in severe brain damage. That entire side…
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