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STATE v. LEATHERS

407 A.2d 15 (1979)

STATE of Maine v. Leon LEATHERS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

October 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Crook (orally), Dist. Atty., Skowhegan, for plaintiff.

Butler & Bilodeau by William Thomas Hyde (orally), Skowhegan, for defendant.

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

WERNICK, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction entered March 7, 1979 in the Superior Court (Somerset County) on the verdict of a jury finding him guilty of having committed, on August 31, 1977, the crime of "arson" by causing his house to be set on fire "with the intent to enable .. collect[ion of] insurance proceeds for the loss caused by the fire", in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 802(1)(B)(1).1

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