A.I. v. STATE

Docket: Cum-19-239.

223 A.3d 910 (2020)

2020 ME 6

A.I. v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: January 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah E. Branch, Esq. (orally), Fairfield & Associates, Portland, for appellant A.I.

Christine Thibeault , Asst. Dist. Atty., Cumberland County District Attorney's Office, Portland, for appellee State of Maine

Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, and Jason Anton , Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee Department of Corrections.

Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, and Hunter C. Umphrey , Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee Department of Health and Human Services.

Emma E. Bond, Esq. , Zachary L. Heiden, Esq. , and Meagan S. Sway, Esq. , ACLU of Maine Foundation, Portland, for amici curiae ACLU of Maine Foundation and the Juvenile Law Center.

Jeffrey M. Skakalski, Esq. , and Peter Rice, Esq. , Disability Rights Maine, Augusta, for amicus curiae Disability Rights Maine.

Mary Bonauto, Esq , GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, Boston, Massachusetts, for GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders.

Courtney Beer, Esq. , Kids Legal, Portland, for amicus curiae Kids Legal.

Tina Heather Nadeau, Esq. , Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Portland, for amicus curiae Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

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


[¶1] A.I. was less than fifteen years old during the events in question in this appeal. He had been charged with multiple juvenile offenses, and the District Court (Portland, Kelly, J.) ordered him held at Long Creek Youth Development Center while awaiting trial on those charges. After a hearing, the proceedings were suspended...

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