Legal Opinion
Richard Watson v. State of Maine
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 21, 2020PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:
2020 ME 51
Docket: Pen-19-237 Argued: March 4, 2020 Decided: April 21, 2020 Panel: MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HUMPHREY, HORTON, and CONNORS, JJ.* RICHARD WATSON v. STATE OF MAINE JABAR, J. [¶1] Richard Watson appeals from a judgment of the Unified Criminal Docket (Penobscot County, Lucy, J.) denying his petition for post-conviction review. We conclude that Watson was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel when his trial attorney introduced into evidence and played for the jury a videotaped recording of the ten-year-old victim’s…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- People v. DouglasMichigan Supreme Court · 2014
- State v. CrockerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
- State of Maine v. John A. FahnleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2015
- State v. DrewrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2008
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3Cited by3 opinions
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