State v. Child

JUSTICE NELSON,

specially concurring.

¶12 In my view, this appeal could have been dismissed under M. R. App. P. 12(l)f., which requires the argument section of the appellant’s brief to “contain the contentions of the appellant with respect to the issues presented, and the reasons therefor, with citations to the authorities, statutes, and pages of the record relied on” (emphasis added). Here, the State’s argument in its opening brief consists of three paragraphs, none of which contains any citation to authority. Similarly, in its reply brief, the State goes on for six pages responding to…