STATE v. WELLS


443 A.2d 60 (1982)

STATE of Maine v. Thomas WELLS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cox, Dist. Atty., Margaret Kravchuk, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bangor (orally), for plaintiff.

Marshall T. Cary, Bangor (orally), for defendant.

Before GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.


ROBERTS, Justice.

The State has appealed the dismissal by the Superior Court, Penobscot County, of an indictment charging Thomas Wells with Terrorizing (Class D), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 210. The Superior Court ruled that an earlier dismissal by the District Court of a complaint based on the identical charge precluded subsequent prosecution by way of indictment. We affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.

On July 14, 1981 the State filed a complaint in District...

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