State of Maine v. Foster Bates

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2018 ME 5

Docket: Cum-16-544 Argued: October 12, 2017 Decided: January 23, 2018 Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, and HJELM, JJ. STATE OF MAINE v. FOSTER BATES MEAD, J. [¶1] Foster Bates appeals from a judgment entered by the trial court (Cumberland County, Cole, C.J.) denying his motion for a new trial, which he brought pursuant to the post-conviction DNA analysis statute, 15 M.R.S. §§ 2136-2138 (2017). Bates contends that the court erred or abused its discretion by (1) finding that he failed to show by clear…