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Man convicted of felony murder must be sentenced again

Man convicted of felony murder must be sentenced again

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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A man convicted of felony murder won a second legal victory Tuesday when Maine’s supreme court tossed his 30-year sentence.

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled last year that Aubrey Armstrong’s conviction of both felony murder and felony robbery violated the Constitution’s double-jeopardy clause.

It ordered a lower court judge to merge the conviction into one charge, but on Tuesday, said the judge didn’t follow guidelines and sent the case back for a second re-sentencing.

Armstrong, of Far Rockaway, New York, was convicted in the killing of Joseph Marceau, of Augusta, who was bound and beaten in 2015.

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