Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 24, 1978PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
382 A.2d 1039 (1978)
Robert Earl SAWYER
v.
STATE of Maine and Sheriff Charles Sharpe.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
February 24, 1978.
Lowry, Platt, Fitzhenry, Lunt & Givertz by Phyllis Givertz (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.
Peter Ballou, Deputy Dist. Atty. (orally), Portland, for defendants.
Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
Petitioner Robert Earl Sawyer stands indicted by a grand jury in Chautauqua County, New York, for second degree murder and first degree robbery arising from events which the indictment alleges occurred…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Oliver Lee Kirkland and Elizabeth Smith v. Paul H. Preston and Luke MooreCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- William Nicholas Ierardi v. Frank O. Gunter, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Grano v. StateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1969
- Taylor v. Inhabitants of CaribouSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1907
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SawyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Lee v. MassieSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Olson v. ThurstonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Lott v. BechtoldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- Torrey v. WilliamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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