STATE v. BUZYNSKI


330 A.2d 422 (1974)

STATE of Maine v. Peter John BUZYNSKI.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry N. Berry, III, County Atty., David P. Cluchey, Asst. County Atty., Portland, for plaintiff.

David C. Pomeroy, Portland, for defendant.

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


ARCHIBALD, Justice.

Peter John Buzynski was indicted for Robbery (17 M.R.S.A. § 3401) and first degree arson (17 M.R.S.A. § 161), and entered pleas of "Not Guilty" and "Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Disease" to both charges. Pursuant to Rule 13, M.R. Crim.P., the two indictments were ordered tried together, a procedure to which Mr. Buzynski agreed. Unlike past practice, the Justice presiding granted the defendant's motion to "bifurcate" the trial, the purpose...

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