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STATE v. BESSEY

328 A.2d 807 (1974)

STATE of Maine v. Charles T. BESSEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

November 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon I. Arey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Caroline Glassman, Portland, for defendant.

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

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

Indictments were brought against the Defendant in 1970 charging him with two felonious homicides punishable as murder. He pleaded not guilty and was tried on the indictment charging him with the death of Mildred Eddy. The jury found him guilty of assault with intent to kill.

The Court then granted the State's motion to reduce the charge in the other indictment (which charged the Defendant with the death of Russell M. Choate) to assault...

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