State v. Thomas

[¶ 1] John C. Thomas Sr. appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the Superior Court (Knox County, Hjelm, J.) following his conditional nolo contendere plea to possession of oversize lobsters (Class D), 12 M.R.S. § 6431(1) (2007), 1 and to taking of lobsters by unconventional method (Class D), 12 M.R.S. § 6482(1) (2007). 2 Thomas argues that: the court erred in denying his motion to suppress because the State did not have jurisdiction to enforce its lobster laws against him outside Maine’s three-nautical-mile territorial waters; the State should have prosecuted him under 12 M.R.S. §…