State v. Martin

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant John P. Martin was tried and convicted in District Court on a “uniform traffic ticket and complaint” 1 charging a violation of 29 M.R.S.A. § 1312, as amended (Supps.1973,1977), the “operating under the influence” statute. He appealed to the Cumberland County Superior Court for trial de novo, Rule 37(a), D.C.Crim.R., and was convicted as charged on a jury verdict. Defendant then filed a timely motion in arrest of judgment, Rule 34, M.R.Crim.P., claiming for the first time that the “uniform traffic ticket and complaint” failed to charge an offense because it…