State v. Hume
State v. Hume
Opinion of the Court
This case, which purports to be a petition for a new trial, was filed with the Kennebec County Superior Court at the June Term, 1952, and reported, the parties agreeing thereto, to this court for determination on the motion, the indictment, and record in the original case, but the only record furnished was a copy of the docket entries certified by the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Kennebec, and certain stipulated facts which facts relate to the composition and method of selecting and returning the jury at the time of the trial of the petitioner in said Superior Court which took place at the 1950 February Term of said Superior Court.
Briefly, the petitioner alleges that he was indicted for the crime of breaking, entering and larceny and that at his trial he was illegally convicted and sentenced to State Prison and that at said 1950 February Term there were duly summoned by legal venires to serve as petit jurymen some twenty-seven persons and that by reason of challenges, excuses and other causes all of said veniremen were rejected or excused from service except six and that the presiding .justice at said Term caused the sheriff to return sufficient jurors from the bystanders or from the county at large to complete the panel. Petitioner further alleges that by reason of there not
From the record it appears that the petition or motion cannot be considered a motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence certified to this court under and by virtue of Chap. 94, Sec. 15, R. S., 1944, because the motion fails to allege or disclose any newly discovered evidence and, therefore, cannot be considered. If the motion be treated as a motion for a new trial on any other ground, it is in direct conflict with Rule 17 of the Rules of Court in force at the time of the filing of the petition or motion. From the docket entries it is very apparent that the motion was not filed until after the mandate of the appellate court had finally ended the original case. It consequently was too
Motion dismissed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- State of Maine v. Raymond C. Hume
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- Published