STATE v. TROTT


289 A.2d 414 (1972)

STATE of Maine v. Larry M. TROTT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

March 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter W. Culley, William F. Gore, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

William Talbot, Machias, Francis A. Brown, Calais, for defendant.

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


WEBBER, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of the murder of his grandfather, Charles H. Trott, a man 86 years of age. The jury could have found on the basis of direct and circumstantial evidence and reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom that on October 1, 1968, the day before this homicide occurred, the defendant was without funds; that he was served with a summons in a divorce action instituted by his wife; that, angered by this action, he formed...

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