maine supreme judicial court
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PublishedDecember 9, 2022
Court considers sentence remedy after judge’s error in central Maine shootout case
Richard Murray-Burns was sentenced in March to decades in prison for the 2019 shooting and police chase that began in Waterville, but a judge's procedural error has led the court to reconsider the sentence.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2022
Chief Justice says Maine’s justice system is failing
Maine courts need 280 additional full-time defense lawyers to manage caseload of state's poor, official says.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2022
Maine Supreme Court overturns attempted murder conviction in Aroostook County
The state's highest court said an Aroostook County prosecutor was wrong to criticize the defendant for not testifying during his own trial and for implying the jury had a 'duty' to find him guilty.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court reviewing man’s murder conviction a 2nd time
This is not the first time the court has considered an appeal from Marcus Asante, whose overturned murder conviction in 2020 was the first in Maine since 2004.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2022
Maine Supreme Judicial Court may reconsider a legal protection against home foreclosure
The court could overturn previous rulings that barred mortgage companies from refiling cases in which they failed to present proper evidence.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2022
Suspended Rumford lawyer appeals to state’s highest court
Seth Carey, a one-time candidate for district attorney, is seeking reinstatement of law license.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2022
High court hears appeals in Paris double-murder case
Lawyers for Mark Penley argue evidence admitted in trial should have been rejected by the judge, while prosecutors say that evidence showed Penley was 'more likely to be the killer.'
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PublishedOctober 2, 2022
Family of slain York County man struggles to find closure after murder charge dropped
Douglas Flint was killed in 2016. His neighbor, Bruce Akers, was convicted of murder. But then the evidence that secured the conviction was thrown out, and Akers ultimately was released.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2022
Maine’s highest court upholds Hartford man’s murder conviction, 50-year sentence
Justice William Stokes, who sentenced Rondon Athayde last year, called the 'brutal' and 'extraordinarily violent' domestic assault an 'abomination,' adding that the images of 41-year-old Ana Cordero and the crime scene 'stayed with me for several weeks.'
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PublishedMay 10, 2022
Power corridor developer defends embattled project before Maine’s highest court
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard two separate cases Tuesday involving the contested NECEC power line project.
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