Opinion
DOCKET NO. CR-17-325
03-24-2020
STATE OF MAINE v. CARINE REEVES Defendant
STATE OF MAINE WASHINGTON, ss SUPERIOR COURT
LOCATION: MACHIAS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE The Defendant, Carine Reeves, is charged with intentional or knowing murder, 17-A, M.R.S. §201. Trial is set to commence May 18, 2020, with jury selection to be conducted on May 14 and 15, 2020, at the Penobscot Judicial Center, in Bangor, Maine. In response to the Covid 19 pandemic, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued an emergency order on March 13, 2020, (revised on March 18, 2020), effectively prohibiting jury trials, absent urgent and compelling reasons, through May 1, 2020, Due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic in the next immediate months, the court is of the view that it is not possible to assemble jurors or conduct jury trials in May, 2020. Before making such an order and continuing the case from the May 18, 2020 trial date, the parties are afforded until April 3, 2020 to file any objections and show cause why the case not be continued from the May, 2020 trial date. Dated: March 24, 2020
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Justice, Superior Court