State v. Atkinson

GODFREY, Justice.

Defendant, Paul E. Atkinson, appeals from his convictions of Class C Burglary, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 401 (1983), 1 and Class C Theft, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 353 (1983), 2 after a jury trial in Superior Court, Lincoln County. The defendant contends that the trial justice erred at trial by (1) improperly instructing the jury on the elements of burglary; (2) not giving the jury a requested instruction on the offense of theft by unauthorized use, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 360(1)(A) (1983); (3) not giving a requested cautionary instruction regarding testimony of an immunized accomplice; and (4)…