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STATE v. DeCESERE

406 A.2d 616 (1979)

STATE of Maine v. Richard DeCESERE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

October 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cox, Dist. Atty., Gary F. Thorne (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Bangor, for plaintiff.

Hall & DeSanctis by Julio DeSanctis, III (orally), Bangor, for defendant.

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

NICHOLS, Justice.

This appeal raises the issue of whether one can be found guilty of criminal mischief1 and reckless conduct2 when he so kicks a safety glass window in a police cruiser that the glass shatters onto the face of the police officer observing him from a point close to that window.

On June 6, 1978, two Bangor police officers stopped the Defendant, Richard DeCesere, for the criminal offense...

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