Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 12/31/1979
State v. Sommer
Citations
- 409 A.2d 666
- 1979 Me. LEXIS 817
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- although particular statements made by the defendant had a ring of irrationality in some respect, the critical point is that the threat uttered by the defendant made plain his awareness as reality, that he was using a knife against an object he knew was the breast of a woman
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Judges: Wernick, Glassman, McKusick, Pome-Roy, Godfrey, Nichols, Glass-Man, Archibald
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. EstesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-08-27· cited 48×
- State v. MishneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-01-26· cited 30×
- State v. MurphySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1985-07-30· cited 28×
- State v. CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1996-03-05· cited 20×
- State of Maine v. James D. GrahamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2015-03-19· cited 19×
- State v. BarrettSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1990-07-06· cited 18×
- State v. EarleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-01-04· cited 18×
- State v. ValentineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-04-02· cited 11×
- State v. HealdSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-04-09· cited 10×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 2,751×
- State v. NorthupSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1974-04-05· cited 41×
- State v. ThibodeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1976-03-15· cited 37×
- State v. BurnhamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-10-12· cited 18×
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