State v. Blum

The Supreme Court held that a bail condition order prohibiting Defendant from possessing a “dangerous weapon” issued by a New Hampshire bail commissioner was a “similar order issued by a court…of another state” pursuant to Me. Rev. Stat. 19-A 4011(1)(A), and therefore, the State could prosecute Defendant for an alleged violation of that order.Defendant filed a motion to dismiss charges against him for violating a protective order. The trial court granted the motion to dismiss, concluding that any alleged violation in Maine of the New Hampshire conditions order could not subject Defendant to prosecution because the order failed to meet the definition of a “similar order” of protection “issued by a court…of another state” pursuant to section 4011(a)(A). The Supreme vacated the judgment and remanded the case to the trial court, holding that the New Hampshire order was a “similar order” under the statute. View "State v. Blum" on Justia Law