McGOWAN v. STATE


894 A.2d 493 (2006)

2006 ME 16

Randy McGOWAN v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: February 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verne E. Paradie Jr., Esq. (orally), Trafton & Matzen, Auburn, for petitioner on appeal.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Donald W. Macomber, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Fernand R. LaRochelle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for State.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, LEVY, and SILVER, JJ.


LEVY, J.

[¶ 1] The State appeals from a judgment entered by the Superior Court (Washington County, Atwood, J.) granting Randy McGowan's amended petition for post-conviction relief on two of seventeen alleged grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. The State contends that the court erred in concluding that McGowan's trial counsel's cross-examination of a State witness and his failure to secure the testimony of a blood spatter expert witness both constituted...

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