The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday swept aside the appeal by Duane Marquis, who had argued that the state definition of gross sexual assault didn’t apply to him.
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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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Court deals blow to $500 million fish farm plans on Midcoast mud flats
The proposed salmon-raising facility in Belfast got a setback when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling that sorts out who owns a parcel of intertidal land.
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Maine Senate confirms Wayne Douglas as Supreme Judicial Court justice
The York County Superior Court justice was confirmed on a 26-1 vote.
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Judiciary Committee supports Maine Supreme Court nominee
Lawmakers on the Judiciary Committee voted 10-2 to recommend Superior Justice Wayne Douglas’ nomination to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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Court vacates Peru man’s two life sentences in Paris murders
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court confirms Mark D. Penley’s two murder convictions, but overturns his sentences on appeal.
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Court considers remedy after sentence of Hartland man involved in police shootout deemed invalid
Richard Murray-Burns was sentenced in March to decades in prison for the 2019 shooting and police chase that began in Waterville, but a judge’s procedural error has led the court to reconsider the sentence.
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Chief Justice says Maine’s justice system is failing
Maine courts need 280 additional full-time defense lawyers to manage caseload of state’s poor, official says.
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Maine Supreme Court overturns attempted murder conviction in Aroostook County
The state’s highest court said an Aroostook County prosecutor was wrong to criticize the defendant for not testifying during his own trial and for implying the jury had a ‘duty’ to find him guilty.
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Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court reviewing man’s murder conviction a 2nd time
This is not the first time the court has considered an appeal from Marcus Asante, whose overturned murder conviction in 2020 was the first in Maine since 2004.