STATE v. MURPHY


496 A.2d 623 (1985)

STATE of Maine v. Maurice E. MURPHY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Leadbetter (orally), Wayne S. Moss, William R. Stokes, Eric E. Wright, Thomas L. Goodwin, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Fenton, Chapman, Fenton, Smith & Kane, Nathaniel R. Fenton (orally), Bar Harbor, Douglas B. Chapman, Gross, Minsky, Mogul & Singal, P.A., by: George Z. Singal, Bangor, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, VIOLETTE, WATHEN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Maurice Murphy appeals his conviction in Superior Court (Hancock County) of murder and Class A robbery committed upon Maxine Eaton, late of Northeast Harbor, on June 11, 1982. After his indictment on those charges, defendant pleaded both not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, and elected under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 40 (1983) to have a bifurcated trial. In the first stage of the trial, a jury found that the State had proved...

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