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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 5, 2022
Area students experience live Supreme Court proceedings at school
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court traveled to Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris and Leavitt Area High School in Turner to hear three appeals cases each in front of students and school staff.
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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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PublishedSeptember 28, 2022
Turner, Paris high schools to host Maine Supreme Court arguments
Students will be able to ask the lawyers questions after the cases are heard.
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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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PublishedMay 6, 2022
Seven months after historic vote, power line project to get its day in court
On Tuesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments challenging a November referendum to ban the $1 billion NECEC project, among other issues.
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PublishedMay 4, 2022
Rick Lawrence sworn in as Maine’s first Black Supreme Judicial Court justice
The longtime district court judge said he will bring a strong perspective that the state's highest court makes legal decisions that affect people's everyday lives.
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PublishedApril 24, 2022
GOP did more damage to trust in the judiciary than to Jackson’s nomination
It's too bad that U.S. Senate Republicans couldn't act more like Maine legislators when it came to historic confirmation hearings.
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