State v. Emerson

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

The State appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court (York County, Bradford, J.) vacating the Class E criminal trespass conviction 1 entered in the District Court (Biddeford, Gaulin, J.). On appeal the State argues that evidence of defendant’s physical presence on the land is sufficient to support the conviction. Alternatively, the State argues that if the evidence of defendant’s physical entry is deemed insufficient, then “entry” for purposes of the criminal trespass statute may be satisfied nonetheless by the undisputed evidence that defendant shot a bullet on to…