State of Maine v. Abdihamit A. Ali

Summary

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court held that the trial court’s admission of hearsay testimony about the defendant’s mother was error but harmless, and that the convictions for elevated aggravated assault and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon must be merged under the Blockburger test, vacating the sentence and remanding for resentencing. The court affirmed the convictions while directing a single merged sentence.