Legal Opinion
State v. Thibodeau
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 31, 1985PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOLS, Justice.
The Defendant, Jay G. Thibodeau, appeals from his conviction of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983), following a jury trial in Superior Court, Penobscot County. He argues that the Superior Court erred in denying his motions: (1) to suppress certain statements that he made to investigating officers on three different occasions; and (2) to strike evidence concerning the test firing of the murder weapon. He further challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction.
Because we conclude it was reversible error to deny the Defendant’s motion to suppress the…
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