I asked my previous court appointed attorney to put the letter written in March of 2025 by the executive director of the Maine Commission for Public Defense Services. It was sent to the prosecutorial districts in Maine, regarding the ACLU's lawsuit for violation of the 6th amendment.
My lawyer did not want to enter the MCPDS letter as an exhibit, but I insisted; and he finally attached it to a motion to continue. You'll find the 2-page letter on pages 12 and 13 of the 125-page Maine attorney general's response to the injuctive order. Here's part of the letter:
PDS also urges you to ask your attorneys to evaluate each of their cases to ensure they can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. If there are proof problems, missing witnesses, or other issues with the State's case, then consider dismissing those or making offers reflective of the current circumstances.
The letter was labeled Exhibit A in my stalking case in Lincoln County; however, I don't believe the jury ever saw it. The judge controls what the jury sees...little did I know.
I will be making a complaint to the Board of Bar of Overseers regarding District Attorney Kent Murdick. You can read one of his emails to my former lawyer in my post on March 5, 2026. He asked my lawyer if they should dismiss some of the charges, give me credit for time served; but this was before I was convicted!
I was jailed however, overnight for failure to appear after notifying the court that I had an obstruction in my eye and couldn't drive. Get this, I was jailed for failing to appear at my arraignment when I was without an attorney; but then once I was appointed an attorney, and I was ready to appear by zoom...he and the judge didn't let me in! They did the same thing regarding a docket call.
My son did not testify in the trial...he had his reasons for not wanting to appear; and when my lawyer stated that he was very reluctant I did not insist that he be brought in. I'm going to try to address the prison policy which he was concerned with; and insist he testifies in a new trial.
I haven't heard from my new lawyer yet; Judge Walker extended the deadline by which a new trial has to be requested. It's usually two weeks from the judgment date, and for an appeal, three weeks. I was found guilty of stalking, but 12 of the 14 other counts or charges were dismissed...malicious prosecution?
