Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1982

The court held that applying the resentencing statute to reduce a sentence based on an inmate's post-conviction behavior violated Maine's constitutional separation of powers because commutation authority was expressly vested in the Governor.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the Superior Court’s vacatur of a District Court order that reduced alimony, holding that the evidence did not show a substantial change in circumstances to justify the modification.

The court affirmed dismissal of the claim against the prosecutor because the complaint alleged only actions taken in the ordinary prosecution of criminal trespass charges, for which the prosecutor had absolute immunity.