A new ruling by the Supreme Court of Maine deals with the kinds of signals that police have to send in order to conduct a traffic stop. Unfortunately, the decision protects cops who make confusing signals, putting people in a difficult position where they don’t know what’s going on, but
With the huge impact that they can have on your life, you would expect criminal statutes to be meticulously crafted and carefully written so that there was no doubt what they meant. The reality, though, is very different. The ability of lawmakers to make and then pass statutes that are
The Maine Supreme Court recently handed down a decision on an issue near and dear to many Mainers, but that almost never gets any attention in the court system: Deer hunting. The case involved the controversial strategy of “deer driving,” and the level of intent necessary to support a conviction.
In a recent blog post, we discussed the harmless error rule. This rule makes a difference if you’ve been convicted for a crime and want to appeal your case. Even if the appellate court decides that your constitutional rights to a fair trial were violated, the harmless error rule requires
Out of all of the ways that the criminal justice system is stacked against someone who’s been charged with a crime, the harmless error rule is one of the worst. As we’ll point out in this blog post, the harmless error rule makes it far more difficult to overturn a
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