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PublishedSeptember 20, 2023
Former Franklin County prosecutor’s license to practice law is reinstated
Kayla Alves was convicted in federal court of tampering in connection to a medical marijuana distribution and money laundering scheme in Franklin County.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2023
Lawyers seek release for woman jailed nearly 3 months without representation
Two attorneys, concerned about Maine’s legal defense system for the poor, are urging the state's highest court to release a woman they say has been jailed for more than 80 days without a court-appointed attorney – as well as anyone “similarly situated.”
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2023
Chelsea man who killed 3 pedestrians in 2021 Augusta crash loses appeal to state’s high court
Robert Santerre, the driver who struck and killed two women and a baby walking alongside Cony Road in 2021, had appealed his nine-year license suspension to the state Supreme Judicial Court.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2023
High court upholds Dixfield man’s trial conviction
Harry David Every had appealed his burglary conviction to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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PublishedApril 19, 2023
Massachusetts man loses appeal of sexual assault convictions
David P. Hunt Jr. was found guilty at trial on four charges involving a 9-year-old girl and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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PublishedApril 10, 2023
Public utility referendum question must be reworded, Maine Supreme Judicial Court rules
The questioning about the question continues as the state's highest court decides the precise language about the creation of a public-owned electric utility.
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PublishedApril 5, 2023
Maine supreme court to decide on removal of time limit in church sex abuse cases
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is asking the state's highest court to determine whether a 2021 state law removing the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse claims is constitutional.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2023
Justice Wayne Douglas sworn in to Maine’s highest court
Gov. Janet Mills presided over his swearing in ceremony Friday at the State House. Douglas has been a superior court justice since 2015.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2023
Murder sentence tossed over Maine judge’s sentencing ‘conundrum’
A judge’s comments about the sentencing presented a problem because defendants are not supposed to be punished for exercising their constitutional right to a trial, the state's high court found.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2023
Portland Diocese asks Maine’s highest court to weigh in on childhood sexual abuse law
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is asking the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to rule on the constitutionality of a 2021 law that allows Mainers with previously expired claims of sexual abuse to sue organizations like the diocese.
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