John Fahnley v. State of Maine

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2018 ME 92

Docket: Fra-17-502 Argued: June 12, 2018 Decided: July 5, 2018 Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, and HJELM, JJ. JOHN FAHNLEY v. STATE OF MAINE JABAR, J. [¶1] The State of Maine appeals from a judgment of the trial court (Franklin County, Mills, J.) granting John Fahnley’s petition for post-conviction review and, pursuant to 15 M.R.S. § 2130 (2017), vacating his conviction of sexual abuse of a minor (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 254(1)(A-2) (2017). The court found that Fahnley had been deprived of the…