State v. Durgan

VIOLETTE, Justice.

Defendant, Richard Durgan, has appealed from a judgment of conviction entered by the Superior Court, Sagadahoc County, after a jury verdict finding him guilty of burglary and theft in violation of 17 — A M.R.S.A. §§ 401 and 353 (1983). He maintains that the evidence produced by the State at trial was insufficient as a matter of law to support the convictions. Because we agree with defendant, we sustain the appeal and reverse the judgment entered below.

Initially, we observe that when reviewing a defendant’s challenge to his conviction based on a claim of insufficient…