Jeffrey A. Cookson v. State of Maine

Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, and GORMAN, JJ.

Dissent: JABAR, J.

GORMAN, J.

[¶ 1] In this third appeal stemming from Jeffrey A. Cookson’s 2002 conviction of two counts of intentional or knowing murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983),1 Cookson challenges a decision of the court {Cole, J.) denying, for the second time, his motion for post-conviction DNA analysis of certain evidence. Cookson contends that the court held him to a higher standard of proof than is required pursuant to the post-conviction DNA statute, 15 M.R.S. §§ 2136-2138 (2010),2 and that the court erred in…