STATE v. COTE


462 A.2d 487 (1983)

STATE of Maine v. Robert COTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Libby, Dist. Atty., Deborah A. Buccina (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Alfred, for plaintiff.

Boone & Cantara, James P. Boone (orally), Biddeford, for defendant.

Before GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.


NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Robert Cote, appeals from a conviction of robbery, 17-A M.R. S.A. § 651 (1983), entered on July 20, 1982, following a jury trial in Superior Court, York County. We vacate the conviction because there were deficiencies in the jury instructions which constitute obvious error affecting substantial rights of the Defendant.

The one-count indictment alleged that on April 2, 1982, at Biddeford the Defendant robbed Paul Trimm...

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