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First Kennebec County jury trial in months underway in Augusta after pandemic hiatus
Timothy Barclift, a New York man arrested by police last January as he got off a bus in Augusta allegedly with nearly 300 grams of cocaine, is charged with aggravated drug trafficking.
Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal file
Unmasking only happened when witnesses took the stand or when the judge delivered instructions to the jury.
The precautions showed how local jury trials are set to resume amid the coronavirus pandemic, as people receive vaccines and the judicial system addresses a backlog of cases put on hold over the past year.
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Cannabis sellers argue in appeal to restore ban on out-of-state providers
Plaintiffs argued Thursday before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court that the state must enforce a residency clause in its adult-use cannabis law.
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A group of medical cannabis providers is not giving up its fight to keep out-of-state interests away from Maine’s growing adult-use marijuana market.
In August, the Maine Superior Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by United Cannabis Patients and Caregivers of Maine that would have required the state to enforce a residency requirement that the state attorney general had decided is likely unconstitutional.
By Judith Meyer, Executive Editor
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LEWISTON Maine’s highest court ruled Tuesday that an Androscoggin County prosecutor did not discriminate against a black man when she rejected the only person of color from a jury that later found the man guilty of two felonies.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld Malik Hollis’ convictions by an all-white jury for reckless conduct and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.
Defense attorney James Howaniec said he intends to appeal the decision to the federal court.
“This is a sad day for the rights of minority residents in Maine,” Howaniec said Tuesday.