The justices will determine if Billy Beaulieu shouldn’t be charged with OUI because a woman asked police to check in on him after he had been pulled over for more than 2 hours on the interstate in Brunswick.
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Maine high court suspends Ellsworth probate judge who didn’t pay taxes, child support
Justices from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court said William Blaisdell’s misconduct was ‘egregious and deserving of significant sanction.’
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Maine’s high court is about to weigh a major legal battle on beach ownership
Around the state, this major case before Maine’s highest court captures growing tension between those who support and oppose private ownership of Maine’s intertidal land.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News, Religion and Values
Maine victims, Catholic Church wait nearly a year for high court ruling on childhood abuse cases
The cases against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland are one of many that are taking an unusual length of time to receive a ruling in recent years.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds Mercer man’s child porn convictions
In 2023, Steven Edwards was found guilty by a jury of 18 counts of possession of sexually explicit material.
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Maine high court considers disciplining Ellsworth probate judge who didn’t pay taxes, child support
William Blaisdell is an elected probate judge in Hancock County and a private lawyer who was recently handling court-appointed cases.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds St. Albans man’s child sexual assault conviction
Corey W. Farley, now 33, was sentenced to 23 years in prison after a Somerset County jury found him guilty of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact.
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Woman appeals 6-year sentence for 1985 death of ‘Baby Jane Doe’ in Frenchville
Lee Ann Daigle, 60, argued that an Aroostook County judge violated her due process rights because of the way he questioned her remorse at her sentencing last summer.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds 30-year sentence for truck driver who caused 2016 crash that killed two
Randall J. Weddle, 61, failed in his appeal after the state’s highest court affirmed his sentence as reasonable and not excessively harsh.
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Maine’s high court rules Sunday hunting ban is constitutional
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court disagrees with a Readfield couple who argued that the ban contradicts a ‘right to food’ amendment voters approved in 2021.