I asked my previous court-appointed attorney to put a letter in my file in court, for jurors to see. It was written in March of 2025 by the executive director of the Maine Commission for Public Defense Services, and sent to the eight prosecutorial districts in Maine. It's regarding the ACLU's lawsuit for violations of the 6th amendment.
My lawyer did not want to enter the MCPDS letter as an exhibit, but I insisted; you'll find the 2-page letter on pages 12 and 13 of the 125-page Maine attorney general's response to the injunctive order. Here's a paragraph from 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 MCPDS letter was labeled Exhibit A in my stalking case in Lincoln County, and attached to a motion to continue; however, I don't believe the jury ever saw the letter. The judge controls what the jury sees and hears...or doesn't.
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 I hadn't yet been found guilty of anything!
Regardless, I was jailed 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 conference me in! They did the same thing regarding a docket call.
My son did not testify in the trial...he had his reasons. And when my lawyer on the day of trial, asked me if I wanted the guards at Maine State Prison to force him into the van because he was reluctant, I told him "No." I should get a new trial, and I'll ask my attorney to subpoena him if I have to. They say you only get one bite of the apple; well, if the apple is rotten they should give you another one.
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 regarding violations of a protection order were dismissed...malicious prosecution?
