STATE v. SARGENT


305 A.2d 273 (1973)

STATE of Maine v. Richard SARGENT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

May 22, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cox, County Atty., George Z. Singal, Asst. County Atty., Bangor, for plaintiff.

Paine, Cohen, Lynch, Weatherbee & Kobritz by Errol K. Paine, Peter M. Weatherbee, Bangor, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEBBER, POMEROY, WERNICK and ARCHIBALD, JJ.


WERNICK, Justice.

In the Superior Court (Penobscot County) defendant, on May 25, 1971, pleaded guilty to the offense of selling amphetamines (in violation of 22 M.R.S.A. § 2210).

Because defendant (19 years old) was between the ages of seventeen and twenty-six, Maine statutes allowed the presiding Justice the sentencing options (for incarceration) to commit defendant (1) to the Maine State Prison (or to a jail) for a definite term within a maximum of...

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