STATE v. BOUTILIER


426 A.2d 876 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Robert C. BOUTILIER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Mills, Dist. Atty., John C. Sheldon (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Farmington, for plaintiff.

Cloutier, Joyce, Dumas & David, Edward S. David, Livermore Falls, (orally) for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.


WERNICK, Justice.

Found guilty by a jury of Manslaughter, committed in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A), the defendant Robert C. Boutilier has appealed to this Court from the judgment of conviction entered in the Superior Court (Franklin County).

We sustain the appeal and set aside the judgment of conviction.

On May 17, 1979, the defendant was operating a 1965 Chrysler proceeding south on Route # 4 in Strong toward Farmington. Two friends...

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