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STATE v. GOODALE

711 A.2d 848 (1998)

1998 ME 102

STATE of Maine v. Gerald GOODALE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided May 11, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Charles K. Leadbetter, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Fernand Larochelle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for the State.

Joel C. Vincent (orally), Altshuler & Vincent, Portland, (new counsel on appeal), for defendant.

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

DANA, Justice.

[¶ 1] The defendant Gerald Goodale appeals from the 75-year sentence imposed on him by the Superior Court (Somerset County, Alexander, J.) following his conviction for intentional or knowing murder in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983). Goodale challenges the appropriateness of his 75-year sentence, labeling it as excessive in light of the nature and seriousness of his crime and the aggravating and mitigating factors peculiar to...

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