Legal Opinion
State v. Cookson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 26, 2019No. Docket: Pen-18-258PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJabar, J.
[¶1] Jeffrey A. Cookson appeals from a judgment entered by the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Cole, C.J. ) denying his motion for a new trial, which he brought pursuant to Maine's post-conviction DNA analysis statute, see 15 M.R.S. §§ 2136 - 2138 (2018).
[¶2] The focal point of this appeal is one of the "prerequisites" for obtaining a new trial based on newly discovered DNA evidence: "a showing that only the perpetrator of the crime could be the source of the DNA evidence ...." See State v. Reese , 2013 ME 10, ¶¶ 19, 23, 60 A.3d 1277. Because we discern no error in the court's *126denial of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cooper v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- State v. CooksonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
- United States v. Jeffrey R. MacDonaldCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Cookson v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2011
- Jeffrey A. Cookson v. State of MaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re Children of Danielle H.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2019
- In re Children of Troy H.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2019
- In re Children of Troy H.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2019
- COOKSON v. MAGNUSSONDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2020