State v. Nelson

ROBERTS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Gerald Nelson, Jr., appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) following his conviction of theft. On appeal he contends, inter alia, that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction. Because the evidence is insufficient, we vacate the judgment.

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[¶2] Jeffrey Aalberg, Vernon Westcott, John Eaton, and Donald Hewson owned property in Maine. Between 1991 and 1994, they separately entered into contracts1 with Nelson whereby they agreed to sell timber to Nelson. Nelson paid Westcott for some of the timber that he…