STATE v. JOY


452 A.2d 408 (1982)

STATE of Maine v. Stephen JOY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided November 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Leadbetter, Wayne S. Moss (orally) Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Edward W. Klein (orally), Portland, for defendant.

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


VIOLETTE, Justice.

Defendant, Stephen Joy, appeals from his convictions of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) & (B) (Supp.1982),1 and arson, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 802 (Supp.1982), following a jury trial in Superior Court, Cumberland County. On appeal defendant challenges: (1) the instruction to the jury on depraved indifference murder, section 201(1)(B); (2) the sufficiency of the evidence to support the murder conviction; (3) the...

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