STATE v. REED


676 A.2d 479 (1996)

STATE of Maine v. Eric REED.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Linda Conti, Assistant Attorney General, Augusta, for State.

James R. Bushell, Portland, for Defendant.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, and DANA, JJ.


WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Defendant Eric Reed appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, J.) convicting him of the crime of manslaughter. On appeal he argues that the court erred in denying his motion to dismiss a murder indictment on the grounds that the State could not establish the corpus delicti of the crime of homicide. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.

The unusual procedural posture of the present case...

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