State v. Harrell

[¶ 1] Rogers Harrell appeals from a judgment of conviction of domestic violence assault (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. §§ 207-A(l)(A), 1252(4-A) (2011), 1 entered in the Unified Criminal Docket (Cumberland County, Moskowitz, J.) that imposed a sentence of seven months of incarceration in the county jail and a fine of $300, which the court believed was mandatory. Although he does not challenge the seven-month incarceration, Harrell argues, and the State concedes, that the fine was not mandatory and that the court erred in concluding that the domestic-violence-assault statute incorporates the minimum…