Bruce Akers' lawyer appealed his conviction to the state's highest court Thursday, saying police violated the Fourth Amendment when they searched the Limington property where they found the body.
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A lawyer for a Limington man convicted of murdering his neighbor five years ago urged the state’s highest court to overturn that verdict, arguing that police illegally searched his property and questioned him.
A state prosecutor defended the search, saying police were looking for the missing neighbor whose mangled body was later found hidden on the property.
Bruce Akers and his attorney Valerie Randall appear in York County Superior Court in Alfred in January 2020. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments on Thursday in his appeal of his murder conviction.
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Bruce Akers was arrested in connection with Douglas Flint’s death in June 2016, and a York County jury found him guilty in January 2020. Now 62, he is serving 38 years in prison for the crime. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments remotely Thursday and streamed the audio on its website.
State high court to hear appeal of Limington man convicted in neighbor’s killing
Bruce Akers was sentenced to 38 years in prison last year for the murder of Douglas Flint. Akers lawyers will argue police improperly searched his property where Flint s body was found.
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Nearly five years to the day after the killing, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear the appeal of a Limington man’s murder conviction Thursday.
Bruce Akers of Limington was accused of murdering his neighbor, Douglas Flint, on June 9, 2016, and found guilty in January 2020 after an initial determination that he was incompetent to stand trial. He was eventually put on trial after treatment at the Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta.
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