State of Maine v. Heather M. Hodgson

Summary

The court affirmed Hodgson's convictions for domestic violence reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, domestic violence criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, and endangering the welfare of a child because competent evidence supported each conviction. It held that the indictment adequately pleaded the firearm-related sentencing facts and that the trial court's findings necessarily established those facts beyond a reasonable doubt, without requiring a separate special finding. The court nevertheless vacated the Count 3 sentence because the firearm-based one-year mandatory minimum had not been imposed and remanded for resentencing.