State of Maine v. Samantha Souther

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2017 ME 184

Docket: Ken-16-572 Submitted On Briefs: June 29, 2017 Decided: August 22, 2017 Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HJELM, and HUMPHREY, JJ. STATE OF MAINE v. SAMANTHA SOUTHER MEAD, J. [¶1] Samantha Souther appeals from a judgment of conviction of operating under the influence (Class D), 29-A M.R.S. § 2411(1-A)(A) (2016), entered by the trial court (Kennebec County, Fowle, J.) following a jury trial. Souther contends that the court abused its discretion in its pretrial ruling excluding her proposed…