State of Maine v. Duane D. Hanson

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2026 ME 96

Docket: And-25-364 Argued: May 6, 2026 Decided: September 10, 2026 Panel: STANFILL, C.J., and MEAD, CONNORS, LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS, LIPEZ, and TAUB, JJ. STATE OF MAINE v. DUANE D. HANSON LIPEZ, J. [¶1] Duane D. Hanson appeals from sixteen judgments of conviction—all stemming from a series of domestic-violence incidents involving a single victim—entered by the trial court (Androscoggin County, Archer, J.) after a jury trial. He contends that the court erred in excluding the proffered testimony of three of his witnesses that the…