Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1/17/1996
State v. Wilson
Citations
- 669 A.2d 766
- 1996 Me. LEXIS 17
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that court did not misapply sentencing principles in giving a life sentence for murder accompanied by sexual abuse, torture, and extreme cruelty, “any one of which justifies a life sentence”
- affirming basic sentence of life when the defendant had bound, gagged, sexually assaulted, and killed his eleven-year-old daughter
- the victim was bound and gagged by tape and asphyxiated with a choker chain, sexually assaulted, and conscious for some portion of the time that she was subjected to the attack
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Judges: Wathen, Roberts, Glassman, Clifford, Rudman, Dana, Lipez
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. WatermanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2010-05-25· cited 30×
- State v. SweetSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2000-01-31· cited 29×
- State v. BerubeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1997-07-23· cited 20×
- State of Maine v. Brian NicholsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2013-07-30· cited 20×
- State v. FortuneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2011-12-13· cited 20×
- State v. HutchinsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2009-04-30· cited 18×
- State v. SchofieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2006-08-17· cited 17×
- State v. BatesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2003-05-08· cited 13×
- State v. KoehlerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2012-07-12· cited 9×
- State of Maine v. John De St. CroixSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2020-12-22· cited 6×
- State of Maine v. F DalySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2021-07-08· cited 4×
- State of Maine v. Keith ColemanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2018-03-22
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
- State v. ShortsleevesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1990-08-30· cited 44×
- State v. SamsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-04-04· cited 35×
- State v. DumontSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1986-03-27· cited 25×
- State v. FlemingSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1994-07-15· cited 18×
- State v. St. PierreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1990-12-19· cited 12×
- State v. CorbettSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1992-12-29· cited 7×
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