State of Maine v. Bobby L. Nightingale

Summary

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Nightingale's convictions and life sentences, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying cross‑examination of the investigator, that the accomplice‑liability instruction was harmless, that the prosecutor's closing‑argument remarks were not obvious error, and that the sentencing court was not required to consider comparable sentences. The opinion also noted the presence of separate dissenting views.