Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

State of Maine v. Matthew W. Pendleton

May 1, 20252025 ME 40

Summary

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Matthew W. Pendleton’s Class A manslaughter conviction and twenty‑year sentence, holding that the trial court properly admitted screenshots of Pendleton’s text messages, his daughter’s testimony about his alcohol use, the limited jailhouse informant testimony, and correctly excluded a juror’s post‑verdict affidavit from sentencing consideration.