STATE v. ATWOOD

Docket: Som-09-148

988 A.2d 981 (2010)

2010 ME 12

STATE of Maine v. Shannon R. ATWOOD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: February 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt T. Heminway, Esq. (orally), Portland, ME, for Shannon Atwood.

William Stokes, Deputy Attorney General, Donald W. Macomber, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, ME, for the State of Maine.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, and MEAD, JJ.


ALEXANDER, J.

[¶ 1] Shannon R. Atwood appeals from a judgment of conviction of murder, 17-A M.R.S. § 201(1)(A) (2009), entered in the Superior Court (Somerset County, Delahanty, J.) after a jury-waived trial before the court (Mills, J.). Atwood argues that: (1) the court erred by denying his motion for a new trial because the presiding justice did not recuse before finding Atwood guilty; and (2) the court abused its discretion by considering...

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