Legal Opinion

State v. Coty

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided April 18, 1967PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WEBBER, Justice.

These two respondents, separately indicted, were tried together and convicted by a Penobscot County jury of robbery and murder. The crimes were committed in the evening hours of October 17, 1964. Discovery was made on the following morning. On October 20, 1964 one Stanley Corey, an accomplice and subsequently a witness for the State, was arrested and charged with the murder. Shortly after, the respondents were arrested and similarly charged. After a four day hearing commencing on November Sth the District Court found probable cause and held the respondents for grand jury…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
  2. State v. CollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1972
  3. State v. CrockerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  4. State v. WincklerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1977
  5. State v. HooverCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979

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