David A. Nichols

David A. Nichols (August 6, 1917 – June 21, 1997), of Lincolnville, Maine, was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from May 24, 1977, to May 31, 1988.

Born in

U.S. Army Air Force during World War II,^[2] and thereafter entered private practice in Camden, Maine.^[1]

He held a number of political positions, serving as a Maine delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention; a member of Maine Governor's Council from 1955 to 1957;^[2] and as the chair of the Maine Republican Party from 1960 to 1964.^[1]^[2]

Nichols recalled that he had no interest in serving in the state judiciary, but he was appointed to the Maine Superior Court "after then-Gov. James B. Longley arrived in a helicopter in front of Mr. Nichols' Lincolnville Beach home in 1975 and asked him to serve".^[1] He thereafter served as an associate justice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court from 1977 to 1988.^[2] In 1985, Nichols wrote the unanimous decision of the court upholding the conviction of serial killer James Hicks.^[3]

Nichols was never married. He died in a Lincolnville area hospital.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Ex-Maine judge, David Nichols, dies". The Associated Press. June 24, 1997.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Political Graveyard entry on David A. Nichols.
^ Trudy Irene Scee, Tragedy in the North Woods: The Murders of James Hicks (2009), p. 47.

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[obit-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Ex-Maine judge, David Nichols, dies". The Associated Press. June 24, 1997.

[PG-2] Political Graveyard entry on David A. Nichols.

[3] Trudy Irene Scee, Tragedy in the North Woods: The Murders of James Hicks (2009), p. 47.

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