Legal Opinion
State of Maine v. Dennis J. Dechaine
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 21, 2015No. Docket Kno-14-187PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMead, J.
[¶ 1] Dennis J. Dechaine appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Knox County, Bradford, J.) denying his motion for a new trial, which was brought pursuant to the post-conviction DNA analysis statute, 15 M.R.S. §§ 2136-2138 (2014). Dechaine contends that the court erred or abused its discretion in (1) finding that the new DNA evidence admitted at the hearing, “when considered with all the other evidence in the case, old and new,” did not make it probable that a different verdict would result from a new trial, id. § 2138(10)(C)(1); (2) limiting the evidence that could be presented at the…
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- State v. DechaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
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- State v. BlakesleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
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