Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17, § 2103 (2026)

Larceny of dwelling house by night or breaking and entering

✓ current as of May 2026
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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 77 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 641, §2 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 499, §11 (RP).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 35 cases, 1968–1979 · leading case: State v. Thibodeau, 353 A.2d 595 (Me. 1976).
State v. Thibodeau, 353 A.2d 595 (Me. 1976). · cites it 4× “The defendant was charged by indictment with the crime of breaking, entering and larceny in the nighttime in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 2103. 1 Upon trial by a jury in the Superior Court, Androscoggin County, he was found guilty and sentenced to a term in Maine State Prison.”
State v. Tardiff, 374 A.2d 598 (Me. 1977). “The defendant has appealed his convictions, premised on jury verdicts, of two counts of breaking, entering and larceny (17 M.R.S.A. § 2103) and one count of breaking, entering with intent to commit larceny (17 M.”
State v. Burnham, 350 A.2d 577 (Me. 1976). · cites it 2× “Creamer were separately indicted for breaking, entering and larceny in the nighttime (17 M.R.S.A. § 2103). Without objection the two indictments were consolidated for trial.”
State v. Fitzherbert, 361 A.2d 916 (Me. 1976). · cites it 2× “Fitzherbert guilty of having committed the crime of “breaking, entering and larceny” in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 2103. 1 The indictment, returned on October 2, 1974, alleged in respects here relevant that defendant “.”
State v. McLain, 367 A.2d 213 (Me. 1976). “After a jury trial, appellant was convicted on two separate charges of breaking, entering, and larceny in the daytime in violation of former 17 M.R.S.A. § 2103. He makes timely appeal from (1) the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress certain evidence as improperly seized,…”
State v. Staples, 354 A.2d 771 (Me. 1976). “Co-defendants Gary Staples and Barry Brann were separately indicted for breaking, entering and larceny in the nighttime (17 M.R.S.A. § 2103) and-tried before a jury in the Superior Court of Franklin County on December 16 and 17, 1974.”
State v. Hamm, 348 A.2d 268 (Me. 1975). · cites it 2× “The defendant was subsequently charged with two counts of breaking, entering and larceny under 17 M.R.S.A. § 2103. The first count alleged that he broke and entered a building owned by International Harvester at 35 Bedford Street in Portland, stealing therefrom the Travel-All, a…”
State v. Mimmovich, 377 A.2d 116 (Me. 1977). · cites it 2× “Mimmovich has appealed from a judgment of conviction entered May 20, 1976, in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) on the verdict of a jury convicting defendant of Breaking, Entering and Larceny (17 M.R.S.A. § 2103). 1 We deny the appeal.”
State v. Larrabee, 377 A.2d 463 (Me. 1977). “17 M.R.S.A. § 2103. 2 . Since there was never an objection to this ruling, we have no occasion to review it on appeal.”
State v. Smith, 277 A.2d 481 (Me. 1971). “True, there is no compound offense in Maine of burglary and committing rape or assault after entry, as is the case under 17 M.R.S.A. § 2103 of breaking, entering and larceny.”
State v. Capitan, 363 A.2d 221 (Me. 1976). “Objections to permitting these admissions to be received in evidence were properly raised at trial. This timely appeal followed entry of judgment.”
State v. Bickford, 308 A.2d 561 (Me. 1973). · cites it 2× “In a trial, jury-waived, in the Superior Court (Kennebec County) defendant was found guilty of the offense (in violation of 17 M.R.S.A. § 2103) of breaking and entering a building in which valuable things were kept and committing larceny therein, the building being identified as…”
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