Legal Opinion

State v. Jones

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided June 22, 1978Published

1Opinion of the Court

DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.1

Indicted for unlawfully selling cannabis to one Deborah M. Conroy on February 21, 1975 in violation of 22 M.R.S.A., § 2384,2 David Jones, the defendant, on October 30, 1975 was found guilty by a Franklin County jury of the offense charged. He appeals from the judgment of conviction. We deny the appeal.

The defendant’s main contention on appeal is that the record contains insufficient evidence to disprove the defense of entrapment and, consequently, he argues the presiding Justice committed reversible error when he did not grant his motion for judgment of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. State v. RoweSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1968
  3. State v. AllenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
  4. State v. AlleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
  5. State v. WorreySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974

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