In all criminal courts, including Maine’s, a person’s state of mind has been determined to be a crucial part of a crime. This is because the law thinks that when you commit a crime without intent, that crime is not as serious but if you meant to do something wrong,
One of the many things that criminal defense attorneys have to worry about all the time is evidence. But it goes much further than just about what looks good, in court: It’s also about what even gets into court, in the first place. The evidence that gets presented or withheld
It seems like every week now, there’s another person who dies after being roughed around by police. It’s to the point where it’s difficult to keep the names and places straight. Michael Brown was in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner was in New York, and Freddie Gray was in Baltimore,
You may have heard the phrase “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Just because you aren’t aware that it’s illegal to turn right on red in New York City doesn’t mean that, if a police officer pulls you over for doing it, you can say, “Sorry, I didn’t know,”
In a recent blog post, we took a quick look at Maine’s medical marijuana law, the Maine Medical Marijuana Act (MMMA). The MMMA provides, in detail, exactly how the state of Maine regulates medical marijuana. Because marijuana is a controlled substance that can lead to criminal drug charges, and because
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