State of Maine v. Jayme Schnackenberg

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2026 ME 89

Docket: Aro-25-177 Argued: March 3, 2026 Decided: August 13, 2026 Panel: STANFILL, C.J., and MEAD, CONNORS, LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS, and LIPEZ, JJ., and HJELM, A.R.J. STATE OF MAINE v. JAYME SCHNACKENBERG DOUGLAS, J. [¶1] A jury found Jayme Schnackenberg guilty of murder, 17-A M.R.S. § 201(1)(A) (2026), and the court (Aroostook County, Nelson, J.) sentenced him to fifty-five years in prison. In this appeal, Schnackenberg challenges the court’s exclusion of the results of the victim’s toxicology report, the court’s admission of…