State v. Corbett

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Defendant Darlene Corbett appeals from the sentence imposed by the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Alexander, J.) on a conviction of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs (Class A) 17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 1103,1105 (1983 & Supp.1991). We find that the twenty-year basic sentence imposed by the court results from an error in principle and remand for resentencing.

On March 19, 1991, on a public sidewalk, defendant approached William Jipson, an undercover police officer with the Bureau of Intergovernmental Drug Enforcement (BIDE) 1 , and a police informant, and asked what…