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PublishedMarch 8, 2022
Maine high court hears 2nd appeal by man convicted of murdering sheriff’s deputy
An attorney for John D. Williams, who received a life sentence in 2019 for killing Somerset County Sheriff's Deputy Eugene Cole, argued Tuesday that Williams deserves a new trial because the jury never heard about disciplinary action taken against an arresting officer.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2022
District Judge Rick Lawrence nominated to Maine Supreme Judicial Court
If his nomination by Gov. Mills is confirmed in the Maine Senate, he'll be the first Black justice on the state's highest court.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2022
Judge Rick Lawrence nominated to be first Black justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Gov. Janet Mills nominated District Court Judge Rick E. Lawrence to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and District Attorney Andrew Robinson to the Maine District Court.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2022
NECEC lays out legal argument against power line ban in newly filed legal briefs
The developers of the 145-mile transmission line are appealing a lower court's ruling to the state supreme court, saying it is unconstitutionally retroactive.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2021
Maine supreme court upholds murder conviction in killing of Millinocket marijuana grower
Three people were sentenced to prison in the 2017 home invasion in which 59-year-old Wayne Lapierre and his wife were both shot in the head, prosecutors said.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
Attorneys argue over whether CMP power line referendum should be 1 question or 3
The issue is whether voters will have an ‘all-or-nothing’ choice this November on a ballot question that aims to block the 145-mile transmission line.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2021
Maine’s supreme court extends deadline for Legislature to redraw voting districts
Lawmakers had asked for more time because they still don't have the U.S. Census data needed to redraw congressional and legislative district lines.
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PublishedJune 3, 2021
Attorney for man convicted of murdering his neighbor argues search was illegal
Bruce Akers' lawyer appealed his conviction to the state's highest court Thursday, saying police violated the Fourth Amendment when they searched the Limington property where they found the body.
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PublishedJune 3, 2021
Senate confirms Valerie Stanfill as Maine’s chief justice
Justice Stanfill will succeed former Chief Justice Leigh Saufley, who stepped down last year to become dean of the University of Maine School of Law.
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PublishedMay 10, 2021
Androscoggin County judge named by Gov. Mills to lead state’s highest court
Justice Valerie Stanfill serves as trial judge in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties.
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