STATE v. KANE


432 A.2d 442 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Doris Elizabeth KANE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Berman, LeBlanc, Pallas & Clark, Ray R. Pallas (orally), Westbrook, Robert M. Napolitano, Portland, for defendant.

Before GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN and ROBERTS, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A.R.J.


NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Doris Elizabeth Kane, was convicted of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201, in Superior Court in Kennebec County. From that judgment she has seasonably appealed to this Court, claiming error by the trial court (1) in permitting prosecutorial comment upon her failure to give an exculpatory explanation while speaking spontaneously to a police officer before and after she was given Miranda warnings; and (2) in instructions which required...

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