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STATE v. MORTON

397 A.2d 171 (1979)

STATE of Maine v. Thomas MORTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

January 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Seitzinger (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles K. Leadbetter, John Atwood, Vernon Arey, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Sanborn, Moreshead, Schade & Dawson by Gordon H. Smith (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY and GODFREY, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Following a jury trial in Somerset County, to which venue was transferred by consent of the parties pursuant to Rule 21(b), M.R.Crim.P., defendant Thomas Morton was convicted of two counts of felonious homicide, 17 M.R.S.A. § 2651 (repealed P.L. 1975, c. 499, § 15), for the murders of Florence and Joaquin Bettencourt.1 On appeal, defendant raises numerous claims...

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