AUBURN — During a hearing Thursday while seeking a new trial, Buddy Robinson, convicted of murder in 2012, told his version of the story for the first time. He admitted to hiding the body of 22-year-old Christiana Fesmire but said he didn’t kill her. Instead, he pointed to his twin sister and her boyfriend. “I know I […]
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Hearing slated in August for Lewiston man convicted of murder
AUBURN — A defense attorney who represented Buddy Robinson at his 2012 murder trial is expected to testify at an upcoming hearing on Robinson’s bid for a new trial. Robinson filed a post-conviction review seeking a new trial, claiming his trial attorney, Edward “Ted” Dilworth III, provided ineffective assistance of counsel during Robinson’s murder trial. […]
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Lewiston man seeks to have high court rethink murder appeal
PORTLAND — A Lewiston man filed a rare motion with the state’s highest court seeking a reversal of its decision earlier this month when it rejected his claim that the prosecutor at his murder trial unfairly prejudiced the jury by his alleged misconduct during closing argument. Buddy Robinson, 34, is serving a 55-year sentence at […]
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Lewiston man fails in bid for new murder trial
PORTLAND — A Lewiston man convicted in 2012 of murdering a 22-year-old woman in her bathtub lost his bid for a new trial Tuesday, after claiming that misconduct by the prosecutor unfairly prejudiced the jury. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a 2014 ruling by Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy that denied Buddy Robinson, […]
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Lewiston man fails in bid for new murder trial
PORTLAND — A Lewiston man convicted in 2012 of murdering a 22-year-old woman in her bathtub lost his bid for a new trial Tuesday, after claiming that misconduct by the prosecutor unfairly prejudiced the jury. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a 2014 ruling by Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy that denied Buddy […]
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High court blasts prosecution’s tactics against convicted Lewiston murderer
PORTLAND — The state’s highest court gave a scathing appraisal of a prosecutor’s conduct at a Lewiston man’s appeal for a new trial on Thursday. Buddy Robinson, 33, was convicted of murder in the death of Christiana Fesmire and was sentenced to 55 years in prison in October 2013. He is asking the Maine Supreme Judicial […]
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Judge denies Lewiston man’s motion for new murder trial
AUBURN — A judge has denied a Lewiston man’s bid for a new murder trial. Buddy Robinson, 32, appeared in Androscoggin County Superior Court last week where his attorneys argued he should be given a new trial because the prosecutor improperly influenced the jury to convict him. Justice MaryGay Kennedy wrote in a nine-page decision […]
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Lewiston man convicted of murder seeks new trial
AUBURN — A Lewiston man convicted of killing a downstairs tenant is seeking a new trial claiming a prosecutor prejudiced the jury during closing arguments by gesturing and mouthing answers behind the back of the defense attorney. Buddy Robinson was found guilty in the 2011 beating and drowning death of 22-year-old Christiana Fesmire, who lived […]
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Lewiston woman’s killer to serve 55 years in prison
AUBURN — A Lewiston man was sentenced Friday to 55 years in prison for the “savage” slaying of Christiana Fesmire, 22, in 2011. Buddy Robinson, 32, was convicted of murder at trial in Androscoggin County Superior Court nearly a year ago. Fesmire’s remains weren’t recovered until two months later. In a statement to the court […]