State v. LaPierre

[¶ 1] Randolph LaPierre appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Aroos-took County, Pierson, J.) following a jury verdict convicting him of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs (Class B) in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1103(2) (1983 & Supp.1998) amended by P.L.1999, ch. 374, §§ 1 & 2, and conspiracy to traffick in scheduled drugs (Class C) in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 151 (1983). LaPierre contends that the court erred in instructing the jury on lesser included trafficking offenses, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 13-A (1983), after originally instructing the jury only on the Class B trafficking…