STATE v. SWEENEY

Docket: Fra-19-140; SRP-19-143.

221 A.3d 130 (2019)

2019 ME 164

STATE of Maine v. James E. SWEENEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: December 10, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy Pratt, Esq. (orally), and Ellen Simmons, Esq. , Camden, for appellant James E. Sweeney.

Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, and Leanne Robbin , Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee State of Maine.

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


[¶1] James E. Sweeney appeals from a judgment of conviction of murder, 17-A M.R.S. § 201 (2018), entered by the court (Franklin County, Stokes, J.) after a jury-waived trial. Sweeney argues that the court erred in admitting certain testimony given by the mother of the woman1 he killed; he...

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