STATE v. BATES

Docket: Cum-16-544.

177 A.3d 621 (2018)

2018 ME 5

STATE of Maine, v. Foster BATES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: January 23, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rory A. McNamara, Esq. (orally), Drake Law, LLC, Berwick, for appellant Foster Bates.

Janet T. Mills , Attorney General, and Donald W. Macomber , Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee State of Maine.

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


[¶ 1] Foster Bates appeals from a judgment entered by the trial court (Cumberland County, Cole, C.J.) denying his motion for a new trial, which he brought pursuant to the post-conviction DNA analysis statute, 15 M.R.S. §§ 2136-2138 (2017). Bates contends that the court erred or abused its discretion by (1) finding...

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