Legal Opinion
State v. Bridges
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 6, 2003PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtClifford, J.
[¶ 1] Katrina Bridges appeals a judgment of conviction for murder in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1988), 1 entered in the Superior Court (Washington County, Gorman, J.) following a jury trial. Katrina contends that the trial court (1) improperly denied her motion to suppress certain incriminating statements she made to law enforcement officers; (2) improperly disallowed her attempts to present alternative perpetrator evidence, and refused to give an alternative perpetrator jury instruction; and (3) erred in allowing the State to present prejudicial evidence of her prior bad acts in…
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