Maine
Murder sentence overturned after Maine judge accused of bias
The Maine supreme court docket overturned a homicide sentence as a result of a decide spoke about whether or not the defendant’s resolution to go to trial mirrored on whether or not he held regret.
The decide’s feedback in regards to the sentencing “conundrum” introduced an issue as a result of defendants will not be imagined to be punished for exercising their constitutional proper to a trial, the supreme court docket stated.
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The decide in 2021 imposed a sentence of 32 years — past the essential sentence of 25 years — based mostly on aggravating components, together with lack of regret.
The Maine supreme court docket overturned a person’s homicide conviction amid allegations {that a} decide factored his resolution to face trial into his sentencing
The defendant within the case, Rayshaun Moore, was convicted of fatally stabbing a person exterior a nightclub in Bangor in 2020.
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The decide stated he meant to be conservative about regret as an element, however “that is of no import as a result of any improve in Moore’s sentence for that motive is improper,” Justice Catherine Connors wrote within the unanimous resolution launched final week.
“A good studying of those remarks means that the sentencing court docket was — or may need been — influenced by Moore’s resolution to face trial,” she wrote.
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Moore’s conviction stays in place, and he’ll stay in jail whereas awaiting a brand new sentence listening to.