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Portland man will be resentenced again in Riverton Park shooting
['Morgan Womack', 'More Morgan Womack', 'Staff Writer']
The Portland Press Herald
Abdihamit Ali appears in court for his initial sentencing in a Riverton Park shooting in August 2023.
(Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer)A Portland man who was convicted of shooting a woman at a housing complex in 2022 will be resentenced again after Maine’s highest court ruled that his first resentencing was improper.
Ali was convicted after a jury trial for shooting and injuring a 20-year-old woman in Riverton Park, as well as shooting bullets through the walls of a 4-year-old boy’s nearby bedroom.
Related Maine supreme court says Portland man must be resentenced in Riverton Park shootingBut following that decision, the court did not follow the correct sentencing procedure, according to a recent ruling by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the court must hold a new sentencing hearing for Ali.