The Maine Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a voter-approved law that ends party primaries in the state, adds ranked choice voting to general elections, and shines a light on dark money in the state.
In June 2020, Noah Gaston appealed his conviction and 40-year sentence citing COVID-19 restrictions Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 1:55 PM EDT April 29, 2021 Updated: 1:56 PM EDT April 29, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine
Editor s note: The video above aired in Nov. 2019 when Gaston was found guilty of murder.
The Maine Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Windham man’s murder conviction and max sentence.
Noah Gaston is serving a 40-year sentence for killing his wife, Alicia Gaston, with a shotgun in January of 2016. Gaston acknowledged killing his wife, Alicia, with a shotgun blast in 2016, but maintained that he thought she was an intruder. He was found guilty in 2019.
Former Tremont teacherâs sexual assault conviction vacated
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The Maine Supreme Court on April 15, citing ineffective counsel, vacated a gross sexual assault conviction against a former Tremont Consolidated School teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student.
That was the last remaining conviction for Ben Hodgdon, 53, of Tremont, who spent three years in prison after being found guilty of three charges. Hodgdon was released last summer.
Two other convictions, one for unlawful sexual contact and the other for sexual abuse of a minor, were vacated by the court in March of 2020, after Hodgdon’s petition that he had ineffective counsel.