Legal Opinion
State v. LaVallee-Davidson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 25, 2011PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, C.J.
[¶ 1] Malcolm Brace LaVallee-David-son killed a man by putting a gun to his head and pulling the trigger during consensual sexual activity. At trial, LaVallee-Davidson argued that he did not know that the gun was loaded. After a jury found him guilty of manslaughter (Class A), 17-A M.R.S. § 203(1)(A) (2010),1 the court entered a judgment of conviction in the Unified Criminal Docket (Cumberland County, Crowley, /.). In this appeal, LaVallee-Davidson argues that the court committed obvious error in its jury instructions and that the evidence was insufficient for a jury to find beyond a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- State v. BurdickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2001
- State v. SextonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1999
- State v. AllenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006
- State v. FillerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
- State v. BennerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. CheneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2012
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- State v. BrockelbankSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2011
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