State of Maine v. Alexander W. Russell

Summary

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Russell's convictions on Counts 1, 2, and 5, vacated the convictions on Counts 3 and 4, vacated the sentence, and remanded for resentencing. It held that the trial court did not err in refusing a police‑investigation instruction or in giving a motive‑to‑lie instruction, but required a specific unanimity instruction for the counts involving multiple alleged incidents.