STATE v. SMITH


312 A.2d 187 (1973)

STATE of Maine v. Charles SMITH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

November 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cox, County Atty., Bangor, for plaintiff.

Michael E. Goodman, Bangor, for defendant.

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


POMEROY, Justice.

Charles Smith, the appellant herein, may have assumed he could commit the crime of robbery without danger of arrest and conviction for the offense because,

(a) the victim of this robbery was blind, and (b) the only sighted witness to his crime was his girlfriend who was "in love with him."

If so, how wrong he was!

Not only was he arrested and convicted of the offense in a jury waived trial, but the witnesses...

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