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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Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
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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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.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
Turner, Paris high schools to host Maine Supreme Court arguments
Students will be able to ask the lawyers questions after the cases are heard.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
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.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
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.
Posted inMaine, News
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.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Perspective
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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Man convicted of murder of sheriff’s deputy loses 2nd appeal to Maine high court
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has once again upheld the 2019 murder conviction of John Williams, found guilty of the murder of Somerset County Sheriff’s Deputy Eugene Cole in 2018.