STATE v. LADD


431 A.2d 60 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Frank E. LADD, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Christopher S. Beach (orally), Wilton, for defendant.

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


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

A Superior Court jury in Franklin County found defendant Ladd guilty of committing arson, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 802 (Supp.1980), at the Magno apartment building in Farmington on February 9, 1980. At trial the principal evidence against defendant consisted of a confession he gave five days after the fire during interrogation at the Farmington police station. On appeal he contends that his confession should not have been admitted in evidence...

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