STATE v. COLLINS


392 A.2d 1078 (1978)

STATE of Maine v. David B. COLLINS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

October 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Leadbetter (orally), Stephen L. Diamond, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, Thomas E. Delahanty, II, Dist. Atty., Auburn, Linda Sibery Crawford, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Farmington, for plaintiff.

Cloutier & Joyce by Patrick E. Joyce (orally), Livermore Falls, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.


POMEROY, Justice.

The substance of former 17 M.R.S.A. § 503 and 17 M.R.S.A. § 3701 were combined in the Criminal Code as 17-A M.R. S.A. § 210 effective May 1, 1976.

This section of the Code deals with "terrorizing" including the act of communicating threats causing the evacuation of a building, place of assembly or facility of public transport. Use of this statute as the basis for criminal prosecution has become of increasing importance...

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