Legal Opinion

State of Maine v. Donte Johnson

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 13, 2026No. Ken-24-563Published

1Opinion of the Court

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2026 ME 87

Docket: Ken-24-563 Argued: October 8, 2025 Decided: August 13, 2026 Panel: STANFILL, C.J., and MEAD, CONNORS, LAWRENCE, and DOUGLAS, JJ. STATE OF MAINE v. DONTE JOHNSON LAWRENCE, J. [¶1] Donte Johnson appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the trial court (Kennebec County, Daniel Mitchell, J.) after a jury returned guilty verdicts on multiple counts of drug trafficking and one count of refusing to submit to arrest. Johnson argues that (1) a traffic stop on June 5, 2021, was an unlawful arrest and that all evidence…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. State v. HeweySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
  5. Flowers v. FioreCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004

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