PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A landlord in Maine sentenced to a 90-day jail term for a code violation stemming from a fatal fire at one of his houses is running out of time to appeal the sentence.
A judge sentenced Gregory Nisbet on Dec. 1 and he has until Thursday to decide if he will appeal. He owned an apartment in Portland where six people died in a 2014 fire.
The judge found Nisbet not guilty of manslaughter charges during a trial that preceded the sentencing.
The same judge also found the landlord guilty of a violation related to the home not having adequate means of escape from third-floor rooms.
Nisbet’s attorneys say Nisbet has yet not made a decision about whether there will be an appeal of the sentence.
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