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PublishedMarch 8, 2022
Maine high court hears 2nd appeal by man convicted of murdering sheriff’s deputy
An attorney for John D. Williams, who received a life sentence in 2019 for killing Somerset County Sheriff's Deputy Eugene Cole, argued Tuesday that Williams deserves a new trial because the jury never heard about disciplinary action taken against an arresting officer.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2022
Man convicted of killing of Somerset County sheriff’s deputy again seeks new trial
In his second appeal to Maine's highest court, John D. Williams argues that prosecutors withheld evidence about an arresting officer's disciplinary record.
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PublishedNovember 3, 2020
State’s high court upholds murder conviction of man who killed Somerset County Deputy Sheriff
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the convictions and sentences for John D. Williams, who shot and killed Somerset County Deputy Sheriff Cpl. Eugene Cole, and of Kandee Weyland, who killed her ex-husband in front of their two children.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2020
State’s top court hears appeal in murder of sheriff’s deputy
John Williams has appealed his conviction and his life sentence for the murder of Cpl. Eugene Cole in 2018.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2020
Man found guilty of murdering Somerset County sheriff Cpl. Eugene Cole will appeal conviction
John Williams, who murdered Cpl. Eugene Cole in 2018, and Kandee Weyland Collind, who pleaded guilty to stabbing her ex-husband to death, will have their appeals heard by Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Sept. 15.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2019
John Williams gets life in prison for murdering Cpl. Eugene Cole
Justice Robert Mullen gives the 31-year-old Madison man the maximum sentence, rejecting arguments that Williams' drug abuse and troubled childhood were mitigating factors.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2019
Man who murdered Somerset County sheriff’s deputy to be sentenced Thursday
John Williams faces a prison term of 25 years to life for the murder of Cpl. Eugene Cole last year.
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PublishedJune 18, 2019
Prosecutor to seek life in prison for man convicted of murdering officer
Cpl. Eugene Cole's brother says that with the guilty verdict Tuesday against John D. Williams, ‘Maybe some of the wounds can start healing.’
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PublishedJune 17, 2019
Closing arguments postponed 1 day in murder trial of John D. Williams
The defense is considering calling a final witness, who would try to rebut the state's reconstruction of the shooting that killed Cpl. Eugene Cole last year.
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PublishedJune 17, 2019
Closing arguments pushed back a day in murder trial of John D. Williams
The defense is considering calling a final witness, who would try to rebut the state's reconstruction of the shooting that killed Cpl. Eugene Cole last year.
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