Unknown Dna Leads to Rape Case Appeal ; Jurors Should Have Been Allowed to Hear All the Evidence, Says a Lawyer for Brandon Drewry.
Portland Press Herald › January 16, 2008
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The lawyer for a man who was convicted in 2006 of brutally raping and attacking a Portland woman told Maine's highest court Tuesday that the trial was tainted.
Andrews Campbell asked the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to grant Brandon Drewry a new trial or overturn his 30-year prison sentence. He argued that Drewry would have been acquitted if the jury had been allowed to know that DNA from an unknown male had been collected from the victim.See the full content of this document
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Unknown Dna Leads to Rape Case Appeal ; Jurors Should Have Been Allowed to Hear All the Evidence, Says a Lawyer for Brandon Drewry.
"He maintains absolute innocence," Campbell told the seven justices. "This is the worst nightmare a man could face in this position."
But Julia Sheridan, the state prosecutor who is handl...See the full content of this document
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