STATE v. CRUZ


594 A.2d 1082 (1991)

STATE of Maine v. Ricardo CRUZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Carpenter, Atty. Gen., Phyllis Gardiner (orally), and Eric Wright, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for the State.

George Wood (orally), Wood & Van Houten and Kenneth I. Marass, Waterhouse, Titcomb, Marass, Flaherty & Knight, Sanford, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS and BRODY, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Ricardo Cruz appeals from his conviction of the knowing and intentional murder of Jessica Woodley, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983), following a jury trial in the Superior Court (York County, Brodrick, J.). Defendant argues that the trial court should have entered a judgment of acquittal on the ground that the State failed to establish corpus delicti, and that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting...

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