STATE v. CAOUETTE


462 A.2d 1171 (1983)

STATE of Maine v. Robert CAOUETTE, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita M. St. Onge (orally), Charles K. Leadbetter, Fernand R. Larochelle, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Burke & Gauvreau, E. James Burke (orally), Lewiston, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, and WATHEN, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

After a jury trial in Superior Court (Kennebec County), Robert Caouette, Jr., was convicted of the intentional or depraved indifference murder of Alfred Pelletier. 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201 (1983). On appeal, Caouette contends that (1) the presiding justice erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the elements of felony murder, as a lesser included offense of the section 201 murder with which he...

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