STATE v. TUPLIN


901 A.2d 792 (2006)

2006 ME 83

STATE of Maine v. Luke TUPLIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: July 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Anderson, District Attorney, Julia A. Sheridan, Asst. Dist. Attorney, Portland, for State.

Luke Tuplin, Lisbon, for Defendant.

Dissent: DANA, CALKINS, and SILVER, JJ.


SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] We are called upon here to address the procedure constitutionally required of the trial court when a defendant must make the election to exercise his right to testify on his own behalf or his competing right to remain silent. Luke Tuplin appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, J.) upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of assault...

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