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STATE v. ELLINGWOOD

409 A.2d 641 (1979)

STATE of Maine v. Sonny E. ELLINGWOOD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Leadbetter (orally), Fernand R. Larochelle, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Vafiades, Brountas & Kominsky, Susan R. Kominsky (orally), Lewis V. Vafiades, Bangor, for defendant.

Before POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Sonny E. Ellingwood, appeals from his judgment of conviction of criminal homicide (17-A M.R.S.A. § 202),1 dated November 6, 1978, following a jury-waived trial in Superior Court in Penobscot County on July 10, 1978.

On this appeal he asserts (1) that it was violative of his constitutional rights to place upon him the burden of proof of lack of criminal responsibility pursuant to 17-A M.R.S...

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