State v. Lilley

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Defendant Deserae Lilley appeals from a sentence imposed by the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Alexander, J.) on a conviction of trafficking in scheduled drugs (Class B), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1103 (Supp. 1992). We find that the Superior Court misapplied principle in arriving at a ten-year sentence. We vacate and remand for resentencing.

On October 11, 1991, Scott Stewart, a police officer working undercover for the Bureau of Intergovernmental Drug Enforcement (BIDE), accompanied by a confidential informant, met Lilley in the vicinity of 391 Lisbon Street in Lewiston.…