STATE v. TRAFTON


425 A.2d 1320 (1981)

STATE of Maine v. Clinton TRAFTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., J. Michael Talbot (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Skowhegan, for plaintiff.

Lawrence T. Potter (orally), Waterville, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY, GLASSMAN, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

After a trial in Superior Court, Somerset County, the jury adjudged the defendant, Clinton Trafton, guilty of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 353 (1980 Supp.). The defendant brings this appeal from the judgment entered on the verdict.

We sustain the appeal.

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