Category: Criminal Defense

When you’ve been convicted in Maine of a crime where a victim was involved, that victim has a right to speak at your sentencing hearing. Oftentimes, victims don’t testify as the impact of the crime was so emotionally damaging that they can’t bear to come into court. However, when the

A teenager’s hospital confession to texting while driving, which was thought to be the cause of a deadly crash that killed her two teenaged passengers in 2012. The teen pled not guilty to two counts of manslaughter in December of last year while her attorney busily prepared for a hearing

When an assault occurs, police look to bring criminal charges on someone regardless of the situation. While this does not seem surprising, there are a lot of other reasons why a person might strike another. For example, a recent case that took place in a psychiatric center in Augusta. One

Augusta, Maine is receiving national attention for man who has been arrested for committing multiple burglaries and thefts. Known as the North Pond Hermit, Christopher T. Knight has been living alone in the woods North and East and Little North ponds for the past 27 years. He is believed to

Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts… Does the government have to produce a live person or will a piece of paper do? Melendez-Diaz stands for the proposition that admission of hearsay statements in the form of a lab analysis violates a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to confront the witness against him and question