STATE v. HEALD


367 A.2d 1372 (1977)

STATE of Maine v. Charles HEALD and Thomas Morton.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

January 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Leadbetter, Vernon Arey, John R. Atwood, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Paine, Lynch & Weatherbee by Errol K. Paine, Bangor, for defendants.

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


ARCHIBALD, Justice.

The defendants were indicted, tried before a jury and convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 951, and have appealed. Both defendants premise their appeals on the ground that the presiding Justice committed error (1) by improperly instructing the jury on the meaning of proof beyond a reasonable doubt and (2) in denying their motions for judgment of acquittal and for a new trial.

We deny both appeals...

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