STATE v. MacDONALD


229 A.2d 321 (1967)

STATE of Maine v. Joseph R. MacDONALD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

April 28, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Dubord, Atty. Gen., Leon V. Walker, Jr., and Peter T. Dawson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, Lloyd P. LaFountain, County Atty., and Ralph H. Ross, Asst. County Atty., Alfred, for plaintiff.

William P. Donahue, Biddeford, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, MARDEN, RUDMAN, and DUFRESNE, JJ.


WEBBER, Justice.

At the conclusion of a protracted trial commencing on October 19, 1964 and ending on November 6, 1964, the respondent was found guilty of murder. A motion for new trial based on the usual grounds and including the assertion that the verdict was "against the law" was seasonably filed with the justice presiding and was by him promptly denied. It is not shown by the record before us that any appeal was taken to the denial of the motion. We are now asked...

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