Legal Opinion

State v. Audette

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 30, 2002No. Kno-01-607PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRudman, J.

[¶ 1] Carrie Audette appeals from the judgments of conviction entered in the Superior Court (Knox County, Mead, J.) following a jury verdict finding her guilty of two counts of trafficking in schedule W drugs (Class B), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1103 (Supp.2001). She contends that the court erroneously instructed the jury on the entrapment defense, and that the error was not harmless. We agree and vacate the judgments.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

[¶ 2] In 1997, Dorothy Fuller and her boyfriend, Vance McMahan, were arrested for possession of between sixty and seventy bags of heroin. While their cases were…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. MathesonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
  2. State v. CummingSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
  3. United States v. Randolph Louis Tate and Ronald Steve DelgadoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  4. State v. BissonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1985
  5. State v. DanielsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hannum v. Board of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006
  2. State v. CloutierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003

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