STATE v. RUYBAL


408 A.2d 1284 (1979)

STATE of Maine v. Lauren RUYBAL. STATE of Maine v. Lewis C. ARMSTRONG, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Seitzinger (orally), Charles K. Leadbetter, William R. Stokes, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Lewellyn R. Michaud, Bangor (orally), for Ruybal.

Eugene C. Coughlin, III, Bangor (orally), for Armstrong.

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


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

After their convictions in separate jury trials presided over by the same Superior Court justice, both defendants presented motions for new trials based on the same newly discovered evidence. The motions were denied by a second justice assigned after the first justice had died. On appeal, defendants assert that the successor justice abused his discretion in concluding he was able to perform his duties adequately and that, in any event, the...

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