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Published
February 6, 2024

Maine’s highest court hears arguments on vaccine mandates for EMTs

Justices in Augusta on Tuesday were told that Maine Emergency Medical Services had no legal authority to require vaccinations against COVID and the flu. The state disagrees.
Published
February 2, 2024

Maine high court justice says he was passed over for reappointment

Former Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Joseph Jabar said he was told by the governor's legal counsel that the administration wants to diversify the court.
Published
January 22, 2024

Maine high court ruling corrects foreclosure loophole; critics say it weakens homeowner protections

Previously, if a lender made a mistake when sending a default letter to a borrower, the mortgage was deemed unenforceable, leaving the borrower with a free house.
Published
December 6, 2023

Waterville murderer appeals conviction, lawyer says police improperly entered apartment

Maine's highest court hears an appeal by Nicholas P. Lovejoy, who pleaded guilty to murder in the 2019 shooting death of Melissa Sousa.
Published
November 14, 2023

‘It’s incredibly stressful’: Aroostook defendants say weeks spent without attorneys makes defense impossible

Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Wayne Douglas must decide whether a lack of attorneys for criminal defendants who can't afford their own lawyer is a constitutional violation, or just a hinderance to their cases.

Published
November 2, 2023

Supreme Judicial Court justice allows indigent defense petition to proceed

Justice Wayne Douglas has scheduled a hearing for Nov. 14 to consider whether 3 Aroostook County men who don't have court-appointed attorneys are being held illegally.
Published
October 12, 2023

Judiciary asks Maine’s high court to dismiss petition to release unrepresented defendants

Supreme Judicial Court Justice Wayne Douglas will meet Monday with attorneys to discuss the petition to identify and release from county jails low-income people who are being held pretrial without an attorney.
Published
September 20, 2023

Former Franklin County prosecutor’s license to practice law is reinstated

Kayla Alves was convicted in federal court of tampering in connection to a medical marijuana distribution and money laundering scheme in Franklin County.
Published
September 20, 2023

Lawyers seek release for woman jailed nearly 3 months without representation

Two attorneys, concerned about Maine’s legal defense system for the poor, are urging the state's highest court to release a woman they say has been jailed for more than 80 days without a court-appointed attorney – as well as anyone “similarly situated.”
Published
September 12, 2023

Chelsea man who killed 3 pedestrians in 2021 Augusta crash loses appeal to state’s high court

Robert Santerre, the driver who struck and killed two women and a baby walking alongside Cony Road in 2021, had appealed his nine-year license suspension to the state Supreme Judicial Court.

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