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WINCHESTER v. STATE

Docket: Aro-21-312.

291 A.3d 707 (2023)

2023 ME 23

Dennis F. WINCHESTER v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: March 30, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence C. Winger, Esq. (orally), Portland, for appellant Dennis F. Winchester.

Todd R. Collins , District Attorney, 8th Prosecutorial District, Caribou, for appellee State of Maine.

Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, and Donald W. Macomber , Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for amicus curiae, Office of the Attorney General.

Carol Garvan, Esq. (orally), Zachary L. Heiden, Esq. , and Anahita Sotoohi, Esq. , American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation, Portland, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Maine.

Jamesa J. Drake, Esq. , Drake Law LLC, Auburn and Rory A. McNamara, Esq. (orally), Drake Law LLC, York, for amicus curiae Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services.

Zachary J. Smith, amicus curiae pro se.

Panel: STANFILL, C.J., and MEAD, JABAR, HORTON, CONNORS, and LAWRENCE, JJ.

[¶1] Dennis F. Winchester appeals from a judgment of the post-conviction review (PCR) court (Aroostook County, Stewart, J.) denying his PCR petitions. Winchester argues that his counsel's failures to assert his right to a speedy trial constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. Concluding that the court misconstrued aspects...

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