Legal Opinion
State v. Albert
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 16, 1981PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODFREY, Justice.
Defendant James M. Albert appeals from a conviction for burglary of a dwelling place, a Class B offense, in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 401 (1980). 1 He challenges the conviction on several grounds, among them that certain evidence used against him at trial was obtained through an illegal search and seizure, and that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to show that the structure he was charged with burglarizing was a “dwelling place.” We affirm the judgment below.
In the evening of January 24, 1978, a burglary was committed at a summer cottage in Northeast…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Pollard v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1979
- State v. FlickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- State v. ToppiSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
- United States v. VicknairCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. SheirodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. GuthrieCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
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- State v. ThorntonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
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