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STATE v. HARPER

613 A.2d 945 (1992)

STATE of Maine v. Patricia HARPER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Carpenter, Atty. Gen., Charles K. Leadbetter, Jeffrey L. Hjelm, Donald W. Macomber (orally), Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for the state.

Catherine R. Connors (orally), Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, for defendant.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS, and RUDMAN, JJ.

RUDMAN, Justice.

Patricia Harper appeals her conviction for the 1985 murder of Richard Pinard entered in the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Pierson, J.) after a jury trial. We vacate defendant's conviction and remand the case for a new trial because the State's introduction at trial of an inculpatory statement made by defendant to a DHS worker so violated her Sixth Amendment right to counsel and the prophylactic rule of Miranda v. Arizona,

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