State of Maine v. Matthew C. Reed-Hansen

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2019 ME 58

Docket: Oxf-18-294 Argued: March 5, 2019 Decided: April 16, 2019 Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, and HJELM, JJ.* STATE OF MAINE v. MATTHEW C. REED-HANSEN SAUFLEY, C.J. [¶1] In this unusual appeal, the State challenges an order of the court (Oxford County, L. Walker, J.) imposing a significant discovery sanction following the State’s failure to provide to the defendant a dash-cam video of the defendant ostensibly committing the crime for which he was charged. The State challenges both the finding of…