Legal Opinion

State v. Caouette

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 18, 1983PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

After a jury trial in Superior Court (Ken-nebec County), Robert Caouette, Jr., was convicted of the intentional or depraved indifference murder of Alfred Pelletier. 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201 (1983). On appeal, Caouette contends that (1) the presiding justice erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the elements of felony murder, as a lesser included offense of the section 201 murder with which he was charged; (2) the justice should not have given an instruction on accomplice liability; (3) the justice improperly admitted the former testimony given by a police officer at…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State v. AndersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  2. State v. LeClairSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  3. State v. RichSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  4. State v. HaffordSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  5. State v. BoyerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. FortnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Lovett v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1986
  3. State v. ReardonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
  4. State v. HusseySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
  5. State v. SpearinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984

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