State v. West

GODFREY, Justice.

Tried by a jury in Superior Court, Penobscot County, defendant was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. (Paragraph A of subsection 10 of 29 M.R.S.A. § 1312 (1978).) 1 On appeal, the defendant contends that the trial justice erred in refusing to give the jury five “instructions” she requested. 2 Defendant first requested the trial judge to charge that a culpable mental state is required as an essential element of any crime, citing State v. Davis, Me., 398 A.2d 1218 (1979). She requested also an instruction that “intoxication…