STATE v. THONGSAVANH


915 A.2d 421 (2007)

2007 ME 20

STATE of Maine v. Brandon THONGSAVANH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: January 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Donald W. Macomber, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Lisa P. Marchese, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lara M. Nomani, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for State.

Scott J. Lynch, Esq. (orally), David J. Van Dyke, Esq., Hornblower Lynch Rabasco & Van Dyke, P.A., Lewiston, for defendant.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, and SILVER, JJ.


SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] Maine juries have twice convicted Brandon Thongsavanh of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201 (1983 & Supp.2002),1 for causing the death of Morgan McDuffee. We vacated the first conviction because the State was allowed to introduce unfairly prejudicial evidence at trial. See State v. Thongsavanh, 2004 ME 126, 861 A.2d 39. The second...

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