Legal Opinion
State of Maine v. Dustan J. Bentley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 22, 2021PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:
2021 ME 39
Docket: SRP-20-307 Argued: June 3, 2021 Decided: July 22, 2021 Panel: MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HUMPHREY, HORTON, and CONNORS, JJ. STATE OF MAINE v. DUSTAN J. BENTLEY HORTON, J. [¶1] Dustan J. Bentley appeals from a sentence of forty years of imprisonment entered by the trial court (York County, Douglas, J.) after Bentley’s guilty plea to murder, 17-A M.R.S. § 201(1)(A) (2021). Because Bentley has not identified any misapplication of principle or abuse of discretion in either the court’s sentencing analysis or its exercise of…
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