State v. Martines

RUDMAN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Marcellus Martines appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Fritzsehe, J.) following a jury trial in which he was found guilty of forgery pursuant to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 703(B) (1983 & Supp 1997), Class C, and of receiving stolen property pursuant to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 359 (1983), Class C. Martines contends that his conviction for receiving stolen property should be vacated on the grounds that the trial court erred by allowing the jury to consider a Class C classification of theft and by refusing to allow the jury to consider the charge of…