State v. Ketchum

CLIFFORD, Justice.

[¶ 1] Thomas Ketchum appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Hancock County, Mead, J.) on a jury verdict finding him guilty of theft by unauthorized taking (Class C)1 in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 353 (1983).2 Because we agree *917with Ketchum’s contention that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction, we vacate the judgment.

[¶ 2] The testimony at trial revealed the following facts: on July 28, 1994, William Haefele, operator of the Country Store in Trenton, reported to the Hancock County Sheriffs Office that fifteen to eighteen Emmett Kelly…