State v. Soule

[¶ 1] Jeffrey Soule appeals from the judgment of conviction of aggravated criminal trespass, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 402-A (Supp.2000),1 entered in the Superior Court (Waldo County, Marsano, J.), following a jury trial. Soule argues that this conviction violates his statutory and constitutional rights not to be tried again for the same crime, on one element of which he previously had been acquitted. Specifically, Soule argues that his conviction is in violation of 17-A M.R.SA § 14 (1983)2 and the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.3 U.S. CONST, amend. V.…