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518 A.2d 458

State v. Connolly

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 5, 1986

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1986-12-05

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently August 2021

2 state decisions

Relies on State v. Barry

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Decided 1986-12-05

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¶1MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

¶2Defendant Annie Lee Connolly was convicted in the Superior Court (Cumberland County) of the offense of drug trafficking (17-A M.R.S.A. § 1103 (1983)). Although the indictment charged defendant with two counts of drug trafficking, the jury returned a guilty verdict only on Count II. On appeal, she challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support her conviction on Count II and argues that the inconsistent verdicts require reversal.

¶3We conclude that, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the trier of fact rationally could find beyond a reasonable doubt every element of the offense charged including a finding *459of the absence of entrapment, State v. Barry, 495 A.2d 825, 826 (Me.1985). Defendant’s contention that the verdicts are irreconcilably inconsistent is also without merit. The sale alleged in Count II occurred some eight days after the sale alleged in Count I. The passage of time and the different circumstances attending the sales provide a rational basis for reconciling the verdicts of the jury.

¶4The entry is:

¶5Judgment affirmed.

¶6All concurring.

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