STATE v. COOKSON


293 A.2d 780 (1972)

STATE of Maine v. Roland C. COOKSON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

July 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Easton, Jr., County Atty., Dover-Foxcroft, for plaintiff.

Wright & MacMichael, by James MacMichael, Skowhegan, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEBBER, WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK, and ARCHIBALD, JJ.


WEATHERBEE, Justice.

A Piscataquis County jury found the defendant guilty of the crime of burglary, as defined by our statutes in 17 M.R.S.A. § 751. The Defendant appealed.

The jury could properly have found from the evidence as follows:

In the early evening of January 6, 1971, Mr. and Mrs. Livermore, an elderly couple who live in Milo, received a visit from the Defendant with whom they had had a slight previous acquaintance. The Defendant left...

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