State of Maine v. Kyle A. Chase

Summary

The court affirmed Chase’s convictions but vacated his sentence and remanded for resentencing. It held that no specific unanimity instruction was required, that robbery and theft by unauthorized taking were duplicative and had to be merged, but that aggravated assault and domestic violence assault were not duplicative. The court also held that the sentencing court’s ambiguous references to Chase’s decision to stand trial required resentencing because any doubt about reliance on that right must be resolved in his favor.