STATE v. KIMBALL

Docket No. Ken-14-269.

117 A.3d 585 (2015)

2015 ME 67

STATE of Maine v. Richard J. KIMBALL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: May 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrick X. Banda, Esq. (orally), Law Offices of Ronald W. Bourget, Augusta, for appellant Richard J. Kimball.

Maeghan Maloney , District Attorney, and Tyler LeClair , Stud. Atty. (orally), Kennebec County District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee State of Maine.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, and HJELM, JJ.


[¶ 1] In this appeal we address, again, issues that arise when a victim of domestic violence claims lack of memory of critical events or otherwise becomes unavailable or unwilling to testify against the accused. The State, to maintain the prosecution in such cases, often must rely on alternatives to first-person testimony to bring...

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