State v. Holland
Annotate this CaseFollowing a jury trial, Rory Holland was convicted of two counts of intentional or knowing murder and sentenced to two concurrent life sentences. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment and sentences, holding (1) the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it refused to admit evidence of the victims' reputations for violence that was not known to Holland prior to the murders; (2) the trial court did not err in admitting a book containing the Maine Criminal Code into evidence where the evidence was not unfairly prejudicial; (3) the trial court properly denied Holland's motion in limine to permit statements from an earlier civil trial to be admitted into evidence to provide context for Holland's reaction to threats and violence; (4) there was sufficient evidence to disprove Holland's claim of self-defense; (5) the trial court did not err by allowing the State to reopen its case to present evidence regarding identification of Holland; and (6) the court did not abuse its discretion in imposing concurrent life sentences.
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